The two hands below belong to professional wrestlers. The much smaller hand to the right isn’t the hand of a particularly small or dainty individual — it belongs to a professional wrestler and powerlifter. The other hand belongs to André the Giant. A man who wasn’t particularly muscular, as he never went to the gym.
His hands are literally the size of a silverback gorilla male. Some people have such an enormous natural advantage, size-wise, that they hardly need muscles to make a point. They exercise, they work, they carry have loads and they’re strong beyond any reasonable doubt. But they’re not showing off their six-pacos, they aren’t all sinews and bulging veins. They don’t have a biceps like a small water melon. And they don’t need it. Don’t need to brag, don’t need to show off…
Little dogs bark loudest, they say. The low rumble of a Bull Mastiff does not need to prove itself. Muscle is always something that comes in handy. But true power needs not assert itself, needs not show off, it simply… is. There’s always a bigger fish. We may think of ourselves as the Great White Shark, but around the corner there’s a man who will make us feel like a guppy. Be humble.