Let go of your Ego!

I once read somewhere that "If you only think of yourself, you will be the only one thinking of you!".Although it is very important to love and respect yourself I truly believe that this world has gone from a self-respecting state of mind to an egotistical attitude. To many of us, somehow, have become disillusioned that the world revolves around us and everything that happens in our lives. That our life journey is far more important then the journey's of others.That our good news is much more interesting then your neighbors. And that our accomplishments should be shouted out from the mountain tops. There are people who think they can live without others, but the more disillusioned person is the one who thinks others can't live without them.

I have been reading a wonderful book for the past week and it has really opened my eyes to a lot of things. It never occurred to me that there are two sides to the "Ego" coin. The first side is when we are so wrapped up in ourselves that we constantly remind people about how great,successful,lucky and blessed we are. Walking around like the sun never sets before we lay our heads down to sleep. These people believe that any wrong doings that fall upon them are do to the faults of others not to the faults of themselves. Because in their eyes they can do no wrong. They have built their Ego up so much that they have pushed out any remnants of Honor that they had left.

But let's not forget the flip side to this coin. These are the people who can't stop talking about all the bad things that have happened in their lives. They manipulate the conversation telling everyone about how life is so unfair to them. About how if they didn't have bad luck, they wouldn't have any luck at all. Or maybe the complain about their physical appearance, or are always putting themselves down to get a laugh from the crowd (I am just as guilty as anyone on this subject.).They believe that their problems out weight everyone else's problems, whether they realize it or not. Do they do this for the sake of maybe getting pity from others? Or do they do it because they want reassurance that their life really isn't that bad? For what ever reason they do it, it is their ego's that make them do it.

When did it become so important to us to have the acceptance of others? When did "Ego" become more important then "Honor"? When did so many of us stop caring about our fellow man? Like everyother problem that we have in this world it is much to big for one person to fix. But like any journey it starts with the first step. All we can do as humans is try and better the little piece of the world that is our lives. By trying to live an Honorable life filled with love and compassion for all we can start the ball rolling. You will find more people follow you when you lead by example then if you lead with words. I have always tried to go out of my way to help someone in need, but there was always limitations to who I would help. Maybe I would exclude a specific race or class of people because I didn't believe they deserved my help. But who am I to determine who is worthy and who is not? How egotistical would that be? The world would be a much better place if we all stopped thinking of ourselves and reached out a hand to others. We can't let our ego's cloud our judgments anymore. We are all in this together. Love your life and it will love you back.