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NASA Discovers New Sun—Oh Wait, It’s Just My Friend’s Ego

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Think the universe revolves around the sun? Wait until you meet my friend—his ego has its own gravitational pull, and your wallet will feel the burn.

Did you read the latest breaking news from NASA? It appears that our solar system has another sun. Opps, that’s not another sun, it’s just a guy I know who believes the world and all other parts of our solar system revolve around him.

If this guy is in your life this is how interacting with him may go down. He’ll give you a call, he hates text messaging, he’s paranoid and thinks people are trying to steal his brilliant ideas. When he calls he may invite you to lunch. Let me warn you, make sure you have sufficient credit on your credit card. Although this guy is loaded, he somehow finds a way to ignore the check when it’s left on the table. When you check the bill, you’ll see your prudent lunch and that this guy was eating like it was his last meal before he faced the firing squad.

During lunch, there’s not too much to worry about in keeping the conversation going. All you have to do is ask, “What’s happening in your life?” That will set him off for an hour and he’ll go stretches without taking a breath. An opera star would be jealous of his breath control.

When lunch is over and you’ve paid the bill and tip, be prepared because he’ll say, “You should have let me get that.” Then he’ll add, “This was fun, we’ll have to do it again.”

You’ll nod, hope you have water and Tylenol in your car because you have a splitting headache. It always happens when you get too close to the sun.

My advice, next time, bring sunscreen and sunglasses.

Thoughts About Critics and Criticism

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We all have critics. They can be colleagues, friends, family, or a partner. A critic’s comments are an opinion based on the critic’s experience, knowledge, and biases. Don’t take the criticism personal (That’s not easy, especially when our ego is wounded). No critic has the full truth. They may, however, have a piece of the truth we need to listen to. Don’t let criticism ruin a relationship. When you have nothing to defend (e.g., the ego is behaving and under control), you have the perfect defense against a critic.

There’s Value in Hard Knocks

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Sometimes life gives you hard knocks so we can learn lessons we were otherwise too hard headed to learn. Some never learn the lessons and the hard knocks are repeated until they learn them. Some never learn and the end up bitterly disappointed in life, angry, and resentful. That’s the story of the ego. The irony of having hard knocks is that the lessons of setting our egos aside becomes the key to the door that leads to a life full of opportunities to contribute to our families and communities.

Today’s Inspiring Quote by John Keats – Love Versus the Ego

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Its better to lose your ego to the One you Love than to lose the One you Love to your Ego

John Keats

Thinking Out Loud: Love is All

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Today’s Thinking Out Loud reflection is on Cervantes  work, Don Quixote.

“Then, his armor being furnished, his morion turned into a helmet, his hack christened, and he himself confirmed, He came to the conclusion that nothing more was needed now but to look out for a lady to be in love with; For a knight-errant without love was like a tree without leaves or fruit, or a body without a soul.” Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Don Quixote

Note: Love is all. Love completes us. It requires us to bury our ego so we may love another without any thought to ourselves. When one has this type of love relationship, one forgets who he or she is and becomes immersed in the other forming a new identity. Two separate people become one. Neither one feels suffocated or trapped. Each feels, perhaps for the first time, alive and free to experience life at a heightened level.

Inspiring Quote About Telling the Truth

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When you want to help people, you tell them the truth. When you want to help yourself, you tell them what they want to hear.

Thomas Sowell

Think About It ~ What are you doing for others?

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“Life’s most persistent and urgent question is, ‘What are you doing for others?'” (Martin Luther King, Jr.). Dr. King’s question is a challenge to move out of an ego-centered world into an other-centered world. It challenges us to move away from thinking solely about our self toward thinking about others. When we move into an other-centered world we begin to see the importance of connecting with each other. The more we connect, the more we recognize our survival is grounded in our working together for each other’s benefit.

Something to Think About

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I’ve made my share of mistakes during my lifetime. Some days I think that’s all I’m making. It’s okay, it tells me I’m not perfect and that suits me just fine. I’ve tried to learn from my mistakes, but, at times, I’m a slow learner as I’ll repeat the same mistake until it dawns on me to do something different. Making mistakes is a human thing we all share. Mistakes keep us humble. Mistakes let us know we’re not better than anyone else (perhaps luckier if no one witnesses our mistakes). When we learn from our mistakes we keep our ego in check. We know that each mistake isn’t a setback, it’s a setup to learn even more. 

Something to Think About

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We’re all subject to criticism. I’ve not met a person who enjoys being criticized. It bruises our egos and sometimes it’s mean and not meant to help. When criticism is legitimate we can learn from it. We can use it change or improve. Only a foolish person discards all criticism without first weighing its validity. It’s good to enjoy a day being angry at the criticism. After the angry day, shake it off, and reflect on the criticism to see what can be learned from it. 

Today’s Good Word ~ Inspire

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We inspire others through our quiet actions where we put ourselves on the line for others. Inspiring acts are other centered, Inspiring acts don’t count the cost or time. Inspiring acts seek the best in others. Inspiring acts leave no room for the ego. Live your life as an inspiration that others want to emulate. 

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