Merry Chastening

it is the season to be jolly
and the season to give

and the point of it all is really for us to learn to be good people

and one of the most powerful events that can help us to improve
is

correction

you are on the wrong track and have trouble and it looks like the wild ego running amok
and it gets away with it for a while and then finally hits the wall which hurts a lot or runs off the track which makes you mad and keeps you from your goal of building the biggest tower

and this is chastening

and this perhaps will result in some humility
which is a good thing

to be humble in the face of the infinite
after all it is infinite and no matter how big you get
compared to the infinite you are almost nothing

remember who you are
here you are finite
there you are infinite

it is a paradox of perspective or point of view

and here is a little thought of me personally

I ask for correction now. I ask for chastening now to save me from a worse chastening later if I don't become more humble

Please chasten me! It will save me! From myself!