Learn To Let Kindness Quell Your Joy Riding Ego
If you aren't careful your ego will drive your mind
I know life isn’t linear; I don’t expect it to be. But nor do I expect my own chart of growth to resemble the patterns of a spider, dipped in ink, break dancing on a piece of paper.
Last year I faced the challenge of overcoming one of the most ferocious battles we are all likely to experience in our lives. A battle with the ego.
The ego has many different guises. I like to think of it as the way in which we view ourselves. While I have never considered myself egotistical, I recognise past lifestyle patterns have played to my ego and fed into an inflamed perception of myself.
If we remove our spine, does our body blob to the ground?
What happens when everything we hook our feelings of worthiness onto falls away? Who are we when we take away titles that once formed the skeleton of our life? I learned a stark lesson when I could no longer introduce myself as a business owner, crime-fighting and life-saving detective, chairperson of a successful community, an…