The problem with the Rich Fool is he never saw beyond himself.  There is no parable like this one which is so full of the words, I, me, my and mine. From verse 16 to 19, four verses, so much is revealed in the frequency of the personal pronouns. Listen to how many times they are used: I, I, my, I, I, I, my, my, I, my. A schoolboy was once asked what parts of speech my and mine are.  He answered, "Aggressive pronouns."  The rich fool was aggressively self-centered. It was said of a self-centered young lady, "Edith lived in a little world, bounded on the north, south, east and west by Edith."  The famous criticism was made of a self-centered person, "There is too much ego in his cosmos."  When this ma…