Lego My Ego

The ego, it doesn't serve us very well most days. It makes us defensive, anxious, reactive. The ego many times is not logical. The ego thinks that we are under attack all the time. Sometimes mentally we are under attack, because many people attacks each others characters. The reality is survival, in the painless of the sense, does not take the approval of others. Really all we need is shelter, water, food and well, of course, a little physical affection. (see Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs for further explanation) The truth is it doesn't matter a whole lot what other people think. Yeah, it's nice to have friends and family on your side, but you don't always have to agree to get them on your side. When you start getting defensive and angry at each other because you feel "wrong" is really where the trouble is. So really, it is just better to agree to disagree.

Remember when I wrote the blog about you have to stop judging and start listening. This skill keeps enriching my life day by day and I'm so glad I have implemented it into my life. I know this person whose actions would normally offend me, but because I choose not to be ego driven I feel a lot less pain in my heart. This person has actually slowly opened up to me and showed me what they are about and what drives them. It's really cool to figure some one out that you don't get. It takes A LOT of patience. I mean tons, but in the end it's pretty enriching and satisfying.

I know this whole thing may seem vague and may be a little confusing. That's because it would just be too difficult for me to tell the whole story. I just hope that it is encouraging and enlightening. I don't write for others anyhow. I write for myself. So it is...