Strong
Ego
Your
capacity to thrive depends on an unshakable belief in yourself, knowing your
worth, and living like the Universe has your back.”
Robert
Ohotto
If that
quote above sounds like pure egotism to you, it is not. We (I think, especially
women) have been taught the Judeo-Christian ethic that humility is a virtue. “Pride
goes before destruction, a haughty spirit before the fall.” (Proverbs 16:18)
And, that is true, if you equate pride with hubris, but if pride is equated
with confidence, it is not egotism. And, in fact, when a person needs to
compliment themselves all the time, cannot tolerate criticism and requires
adoration from everyone around them, that is symptomatic of an exceptionally
weak ego, and not a strong one.
Ego has
gotten a bad rap in our modern culture. It is, in fact, an essential part of a
healthy psyche. Robert Ohotto describes the ego as the pen that conveys
messages from the soul to the outside world. One must have a dependable ego to
represent themselves as credible and stable, and to understand and live out their
own purpose in the Earth School. It goes along with Jesus teaching: “Neither
do people light a lamp and put it under a bushel. Instead, they put it on a
stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house.” (Matt. 5:15)
Do not be
afraid to speak your truth, but before you do, know that it is indeed, your
truth and not someone else’s. Unless one knows oneself intimately, one cannot
have a strong enough ego to stand in the world and speak up. We have had the
good fortune to witness some people who embody this strength of character—you
can name the most famous—Gandhi, Martin Luther King, Jr. Greta Thunberg, and most
recently, John Lewis. We are galvanized by their presence in any gathering; we
recognize their strength and the power of their convictions. We follow them
because we see the gravity of their souls in the words that they speak and the
solidness of their devotion to their path.
We are
sorely in need of the people with soul gravitas to step up and be heard. You
can recognize them by the plainness of their speech, the lack of hyperbole and contradiction,
and their dedication to bringing light to whatever they are involved in. You
can be one of those people if you believe in yourself enough to speak the words
your soul whispers in your ear. Know this for certain: when you do, the
Universe has your back.
In
the Spirit,
Jane
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