Retaliation & Egos

Two VERY powerful things to possess.

I tweeted this a while back and I find myself going back as to why I felt the need to say this or what made me feel this way.

I have an ego. You do, too. We all want to retaliate when pushed to that limit.

If we stop using our egos to determine how to retaliate, the situation's outcome would be drastically transformed. Transformed in a way that is not based off of anger or bottled up emotions.

Beg to differ?

Utilize your ego to do right and make you feel respectable of yourself. Don't let retaliation become an outcome or the end result. Use your ego to do good, instead of letting it rule your unconfident mind or insecurities you may have.

Retaliation can truly be the root of all evil. Ask yourself—Why should I retaliate? Is it worth it?

I read an article that sparked this post. I cannot agree more with these words. It is true beyond all measures.

I leave it with this:

"Between suspiciousness and viciousness" shifting to viciousness if I try to seek relief from it, offering me then "the illusion of attack as a 'solution'". So if my ego offers me the "illusion of attack," then I am off the hook. I've not really chosen the attack and I'm not responsible for it -- my ego did it to me. But I don't really believe this at all. I think the decision making part of my mind is choosing attack to protect my ego identification -- my special, separate identity -- and that things are going to get a whole lot worse if I continue to go against it. At these times there is no way that I can look at my ego and simply smile at it. I just have to back off.

XO, B