The aura of greatness that surrounds humans in this world has no real substance. It is just a facade put on for the test of men. It is those who see through this facade, and realize that no one besides God has any real greatness, who will be successful in the next world, where only His greatness will remain. As for those who let the greatness of mere mortals rule their lives, their greatness will perish and they will be left out in the cold: the ones in whose shadow they had lived will be there no more to tower over them.
