I do not wish ambition on any man. It is better to be simple-minded. To be with ambition is to live a stranger in your own body. To sleep with one eye open, to never know satisfaction: to never just be. Ambition is good for all to see, but quite the punishment for its carrier.
For the ambitious man, perception is the bane of his life. He carries ambition like a camel carries its hump. And he might get his heart's desires. But at such a great cost he'll wonder if it was worth the bother. Yet this is the fate we are dealt. And so we must carry it.
Ambition will rob you of friends, rob you of routine, rob you of life itself. And when you get there, you will not stay long because ambition knows no rest. It gropes you to the grave. It is better to be simple-minded I tell you. Better to be as mad as a hatter!
None picks ambition. Ambition is imposed. Either by experience, or heritage. If I had a choice, I would opt out of it. But it is like curse. It follows me everywhere. i cannot outrun it. The ambitious man needs your prayers. That he might find peace. Even a momentary one.
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