Balance is an extremely important part of life itself. The earth and the planets must be kept in balance for them to maintain their place in our solar system. When our diets are in balance we are in better health. A good balance between diet, exercise, and relaxation are said to be a good recipe for overall emotional, physical, and mental health. This balance requires discipline and discipline requires balance. This is particularly true when it comes to the right-sizing of our egos, which I believe is very difficult to do, because most of the time it is difficult to recognize that it is out of balance.
So, it is time for an ego check. Are you sitting on gifts, talents, and information that others would benefit others because you are afraid, timid, shy, or ashamed? Then it may be that your ego is standing in the way. Are you impatient with others because they cannot, or seemingly will not, grasp the knowledge that you want to share with them? Them perhaps your ego is blocking your ability to understand life through their eyes. A new perspective may give you a new way to approach the way you share your knowledge.
The ego is defined as, “the ‘I’ or self of any person; a person as thinking, feeling, and willing, and distinguishing itself from the selves of others and from objects of its thought.” When my thoughts, feelings, and what I want, get in the way, my ego is in control. So, I am checking my ego because it is blocking my flow. I cannot say that I am trying to help someone and make it all about me. A parent cannot teach and guide a child to be balanced and disciplined for success, when it is all about what the parent thinks and wants, and none of what the child wants or thinks. We must discipline our egos, because our greatest success is not achieved alone but by giving and receiving, by listening and sharing, in an atmosphere of egos in balance. Be courageous, let’s do an ego-check, surge forth unselfconsciously, so we can see our thoughts, desires, feelings, and emotions, as being no more or less important than others. Ego-checked, balance restored, temporarily, success is on the way!