When I was a student of
philosophy, I remember being introduced to the most famous man that the world
has ever known; Alexander the Great. This was a man who conquered the whole world
in terms of war. He subjugated Anatolia, Syria, Phoenicia, Judea, Gaza, Egypt,
Mesopotamia, Persia, Bactria, Punjab as well as India, he all conquered. He is
a man who enjoyed control of a powerful army that never lost in war. He
conquered and grabbed all kinds of wealth. He dominated the world for couple of
years. But his fall was great as himself, just like the house built on the sand
grounds on rain season. His fall reminds me that no one can be proclaimed
successful until s/he enters in the grave. However, his final days offers a moral
lesson to all of us and especially to those who are in the primitive business
of accumulating power and money.
