EGO, which is normally, treated as something negative, something which is not good, and something which we should not have. People are always ready to explain how ego can hurt you. Ego is generally considered the opposite of humility. "So humility is good, ego must be bad. Isn't it ?"
What is Ego? Ego literally means a person’s sense of self-esteem or self-worth. Now that doesn’t feel like something bad. Self esteem means taking pride on self. By this logic, a healthy ego is must for everybody, but then why everybody does seems to be having so much contempt for ego. Doing anything new, like starting a business, or going against the norm, is directly proportional to how confident you are of yourselves and your abilities. Any of these activities is a proof of a presence of ego. But is there anything wrong in this? For a person, it may make one work harder and smarter to compete and prove the naysayers wrong and it will feel so good when that happens.
While one can say that ego might lead to good things, it is also to be remembered that ego is the main reason of over-confidence and arrogance. As long as you can control your ego, it will work for you but as soon as your ego starts controlling you, it will hurt you. When ego controls you, it can make the truth look false and vice versa. When you are overwhelmed by your ego, you will say words you will regret, take actions you will repent later on, and hurt the people you love most. Your inflated ego can also make people loose trust and respect for you. It might get so bad that people roll their eyes when you enter a room.
So, the EGO is both good and bad, in different ways. As human beings, we all have egos. It is very much a part of our existence but what matters is how we handle it? You can say it is a tool, which we can use to your advantage, but if it goes out of control, it will come back and hurt us. Every one of us knows that too much of anything is bad, and ego also falls in that generalization.
So what should we do, as human beings? How can we know how much is enough, or where to draw the line? We should always stand true to our convictions, but also be willing to listen to others and consider that we might be wrong. If you find reason in someone else’s argument, it is only wise to change your viewpoint rather than taking pride in shoving your point down someone else’s throat. Ego is good when you state your point strongly, but bad when you are not even open to step in other shoes to understand the views and opinions from the opposite side. There is a wonderful quoted line to sum it up –
What is Ego? Ego literally means a person’s sense of self-esteem or self-worth. Now that doesn’t feel like something bad. Self esteem means taking pride on self. By this logic, a healthy ego is must for everybody, but then why everybody does seems to be having so much contempt for ego. Doing anything new, like starting a business, or going against the norm, is directly proportional to how confident you are of yourselves and your abilities. Any of these activities is a proof of a presence of ego. But is there anything wrong in this? For a person, it may make one work harder and smarter to compete and prove the naysayers wrong and it will feel so good when that happens.
While one can say that ego might lead to good things, it is also to be remembered that ego is the main reason of over-confidence and arrogance. As long as you can control your ego, it will work for you but as soon as your ego starts controlling you, it will hurt you. When ego controls you, it can make the truth look false and vice versa. When you are overwhelmed by your ego, you will say words you will regret, take actions you will repent later on, and hurt the people you love most. Your inflated ego can also make people loose trust and respect for you. It might get so bad that people roll their eyes when you enter a room.
So, the EGO is both good and bad, in different ways. As human beings, we all have egos. It is very much a part of our existence but what matters is how we handle it? You can say it is a tool, which we can use to your advantage, but if it goes out of control, it will come back and hurt us. Every one of us knows that too much of anything is bad, and ego also falls in that generalization.
So what should we do, as human beings? How can we know how much is enough, or where to draw the line? We should always stand true to our convictions, but also be willing to listen to others and consider that we might be wrong. If you find reason in someone else’s argument, it is only wise to change your viewpoint rather than taking pride in shoving your point down someone else’s throat. Ego is good when you state your point strongly, but bad when you are not even open to step in other shoes to understand the views and opinions from the opposite side. There is a wonderful quoted line to sum it up –
“If you want to reach a state of bliss, then go beyond your ego and the internal dialogue. Make a decision to relinquish the need to control, the need to be approved and the need to judge. Those are the three things the ego is doing all the time. It’s very important to be aware of them every time they come up.”When a child is born, the only weapon that small creature has is brain. Through the use of this brain, man has created everything we see around now. Nothing was ever gifted to us. Someone created the airplane, the car, electricity, internet, etc and these men created the future in which we are living now. In other words, the whole gist is that man should be wise enough to listen to advice from others, but at the same time have a strong conviction about where one is going. Just to conclude, there is a thin line between the two cases, One should learn that where to draw that line. Every man has a right to his ego, but should never let himself become an object of that same ego. "One may lose the self respect while saving the EGO. "
A bad day for the EGO might be a good day for soul.
