Go Go Go …………Ego Ego Ego
“Nothing damages iron more than its own rust and nothing damages a person more than his/her own ego.” Anonymous The title is inspired by Ricky Martin's song Go, go, go and the theme suggested by my student Nazia. Thank you both. Why do we have ego problems? Why are our egos even more fragile than glass? What is the dividing line between ego and self-respect? These questions trouble all of us, day in and day out. Long back a teacher had told me, “Two people have ego problems and inflated egos. The one with the inferiority complex and the one with the superiority complex. Either way, you are a complex creature and are not simple anymore.” So true, don’t we have ego problems when we lack confidence in ourselves and become touchy about small things? Don’t we have ego problems when our successes make us feel much above this vast sea of humanity around? One simple way of handling ego is to understand how small we are in the scheme of the universe. Stand in front of the o...