my ego, your ego; the story of ego

Ego: An inflated feeling of pride in your superiority to others, as per the dictionary. But this ego really puts me in a mental dilemma.”Inflated feeling of pride”, don’t we all have pride in us. It’s somewhat embedded in our blood. It flows in us. There are many books and so many people that preach to feel proud of yourself, never feel low, have self respect for yourself and if that is the case than why to term it as ego. Is feeling proud and having so much respect for yourself a pride; ego?

Watching a show on television made me realize a fact. We all, people, are full of pride. We all are insulted if someone disrespects it. We all attempt to prove our pride correct and that’s when the conflict starts. We just forget that we all are the same, how can we think that only we are correct and be so highly opinionated about ourselves. Every individual is correct in their sense and have their own perspective, then why it as pride or a plume term!! Every single person since childhood is taught to be proud of you themselves, never think yourself inferior, have the pride of your achievements and even in case of failure don’t give up your pride instead use it to get success. Then how can someone else’s pride insult yours. Why can’t we understand and accept the fact that we are made of ego. It may have different levels in us but it is there, maybe hidden for some time or in control.

Speaking of myself, I too have pride; well some would say that ego or my attitude.  But the truth is we all have it and so do I. When someone hurts it or insults it I too feel the anger, I also experience the rage. That moment is just horrendous. The feeling is of tearing the ego of the other apart; just shatter it. The biggest truth is that our ego is like a glass, it collapses at once with the throw of a stone. It’s just that it’s not a single glass; it’s layers of glasses. The only thing that can control this rage within us is to know that we all our same, if someone damages yours it doesn’t mean you need to make them experience the same. Save the furor for better times. Recover from the damage with a click and have a pride that even the bust of the ego can’t bust you.