Your Bruised Ego
Your bruised ego is a benchmark for the depth of your humility. Not much more I can say. That sentence requires an amazing amount of honesty. It asks you to look at self. To see and hear where you are most pained, but know it has nothing to do with the value of who you are. I take what I do seriously, very seriously. But at times I measure my value and worth by what I do and who I do it with. Inevitably, someone will have an opinion about what I do, how I do it and who I do it with; and that strikes at my ego. For a moment I am offended, hurt, wanting to strike back, tell em to F off. BUT if I am conscious about MY reaction I will realize two things. One, I am attached too heavily to what people think of my value and worth. Two, my egoic system is working overtime, so I take up a defensive posture creating opposition. Literally killing any chance of gratitude, appreciation or love for myself or what I do with the clients I serve. Again, this level of honesty is a hard pill to swallow, but one that points the way to humility and love for self, God and community.
When was a time your ego was bruised?
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When was the time your ego was bruised?
