Ego vs. Love: Intentional, Every Day Action
Most of our actions are driven by one of two internal forces: ego or love. I find it extremely difficult to override my ego and act out of love. This article articulates the difference, ego vs. love, from my limited internal experience. The only way to differentiate your own internal motives is through practice, over time, every day. Intentional choices, guided from within, can lead each of us towards love. Live or die, red pill or blue pill. You choose.
Ego wants to prove itself as good
Love wants to be its best
Ego seeks validation
Love validates
Ego blames others for mistakes
Love has no need for blame
Ego blames itself for successes
Love has no need for blame
Ego hopes that others will heal them
Love hopes and heals
Ego lies to self and others
Love discovers, tells, and reveals truth
Ego fills in gaps with its own self-serving stories
Love creates a beautiful story
Ego wants to fix everything
Love wants to see things improve
Ego avoids risk and failure
Love risks and fails
Ego needs
Love meets needs
Ego needs attention
Love gives attention
Ego takes space
Love holds space
Ego takes
Love gives
Ego wants what is best for itself
Love wants what’s best
Ego relates every experience to itself
Love allows each experience to be its own
Ego is distracted
Love is present
Ego think everyone else should be more like them
Love sees each person’s unique strengths
Ego is fragile and fearful
Love is confident and brave
Ego is insecure
Love is self-assured
Ego is afraid
Love is safe
Ego withholds
Love acts
Ego distracts from pain
Love feels pain
Ego avoids questions
Love seeks understanding
Ego is the victim
Love takes ownership
Ego makes it about “you”
Love comes from me
Ego seeks control
Love seeks understanding
Ego complicates
Love simplifies
Ego strains and competes
Love is effortless
Ego needs support
Love supports
Ego avoids discomfort
Love is comfortable
Ego is reactionary
Love is intentional
Ego does it right
Love does it well
Ego hoards attention, time, and money
Love offers abundance
Ego depletes energy and needs to recharge
Love is infinitely generative
Ego works towards “better than”
Love works towards “my very best”
Ego expects others to be at their best
Love brings out the best in others
Ego wants reciprocation for effort
Love gives without expectation
You choose your intention, every day, with every action; ego or love?
Ego offers pain, separation, and distance
Love offers peace, connection, and purpose
