Tag: ego

I lost my smile

I know it must be in there somewhere, but I am not finding it right now. I suppose, like everything else, it will be in the last place I look! I realized today that there are probably many of you…

How big is your ego?

Perhaps the real question is, how big is my ego! Because if I think you have a big ego, and I have none, then I am considering myself superior in a way. That means my ego has taken over. How’s…

The future?

How can I be sure of anything? What will this day bring, what will the future hold? Have you ever gotten up in the morning and felt like it was really going to be a good day? Conversely, have you…

Jealous again

I was noticing my dogs reacting today to me giving attention to one, and not the other. It was so obvious that the one not getting attention was very jealous of the other. And isn’t this emotion the very same…

Mantra

“Without attachment or expectation, and with all my love, may you be well happy and peaceful” These are the words that I now use when practicing loving kindness (Metta) meditation. I have come to realize that love is not real…