Everyday is an opportunity to learn and grow. In my 34 years of life, I have experience a great deal of many thing and learned a lot. I have accomplished more than I ever thought possible and I know there is more beyond the horizon.
There are at the very least, two things that can defeat us in our pursuit of happiness, freedom, balance and integrity. They are Low self-esteem and ego. I know a great deal about both of these things, but I do not know everything and for that I am thankful.
There are many views and perceptions of the ego. Some people embrace it, while others scorn it. Why is this? The ego and egotism, some confuse the two. One is selfish while the other is a sense of self.
I was in a psychology class in college and they talked about a division of self into three categories. The False Self, the Ego and the True self. What are these? Well, the false self is the you that you generally personify or believe that is your low self esteem or a delusion or who you are or can truly be. The ego was described as the you that others assume and project back to you and that you accept. Most people are a combination of these two. It takes a while to find one’s true self, especially when we do not care about ourselves or constantly letting others tell us who we are.
The two things that can defeat or even destroy us. Egotism and Low Self Esteem. People that are egotistical often think they are better than everyone else or that they are smarter than everyone. It is often a false idea of superiority. We are all valuable. We are all capable of great accomplishments and great misdeeds. So when we have a low self idea or low self esteem and lack confidence in ourselves what happens?
Many people just do as they are told, some don’t even have the energy to do that, they just bury their head in the sand or sit unmotivated on the couch watching television, talking about conspiracies. Freedom is not about being lazy. Depression comes from many things; laziness and refusing to take responsibility for yourself and the way we react to life and the world. I hear many authors and speakers separate the word responsibility into “Response Ability”. What is this or what does it mean? Think about it. How do you
respond to what happens to you? You may not be able to control what happens to you, but you can control how you respond to it.
None of us are perfect, and those of us that think we are will find a great awakening. It takes time to better yourself and it starts with your perception. I see so many people that reach certain opportunity, have achieved several accomplishments or become celebrities and they think they know everything. They often think they are better than others, but truth is, many of them have forgotten how to live life. They are so wrapped up in how everyone else thinks about them or how their fans worship them in essence, they they begin to get big heads. They may have been the first to discover
something or been lead role in a major motion picture. But these things are all temporary. People embrace more temporary and materials things and those of value and they think that they know everything. But truth is that the universe is infinite, time does not truly exist. It is a refinement or an idea created to help us recognize the passing of events and fit changes into a constructed mold so that we can better understand it and even perhaps have a sense of control.
When you accept that there are things bigger than you, but you realize what you are capable of and what is out there and what the infinity of the universe and existence has to offer, the possibilities are infinite. But when you think you know everything or you think you are worthless or not of value, you put yourself into a little box or a confinement of limitations. When you think you know everything, what have you truly learned?
