"You've never known me" said the ape to the narcissist. "why do you say that? " they replied. "Because if you really knew me, we would be friends, real friends, true friends".
The narcissist was puzzled. They were lonely and alone, didn't portray this outwardly, but inside they despised themself.
"Why cant you just be nice?" asked the ape. "I am nice" they said, but the eyes didn't say this, they said the opposite, dark and deathly.
"No, you're not".... "you're a facade"... "when you're alone in bed, at night, you feel miserable"... "This, is your state of being", said the ape.
"I'm not" they replied. "I'm a friendly person, just very at ease with everyone, not just with you"...
The ape knowing the ego of the narcissist, knew their game, but refused to play. The ape wouldn't be drawn in. Turned away and left.
They stood for a short while looking at the ape walk. They thought "a chance gone missing". It cut straight to their heart.
The ape was clear and grounded. "Bully... You've never controlled me and never will." The ape felt sorry for others, who they had overcome with charm and charism, poor helpless people, unaware and weaker than the ape. The ape felt glad and empowered.
The ape took a deep breath and whispered "I know............
why be the timid moon and stars in the dark, when you can be the dazzling sun in the daylight?"
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Socrates 470-399 B.C - "know thyself"
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