“Unless your spiritual side is strong, your ego will get in the way and you’ll think life is all about you.”

A thought by Ken Blanchard & Morton Shaevitz (2015-02-02) from their book, Refire! Don't Retire:Make the Rest of Your Life the Best of Your Life (p. 112). Berrett-Koehler Publishers. Kindle Edition. (Click on the title to go to Amazon.com to buy the book.)

Ken and Morton say that, “EGO stands for Edging God Out.” You call the shots, it’s all on you and that is great if you have a strong self-worth.

But then they asked, “Did you ever notice in your career that your performance was better at some times than others... And have you noticed that people are fickle— sometimes they’re with you and the next minute they’re not?”

Then they said, “So your performance varies and people’s opinion of you fluctuates. When you base your self-worth on outside influences like these, every day is like walking on eggshells, because how you feel about yourself is totally dependent on outside circumstances and other people.” But here is the key, “When you believe you are loved unconditionally by God, your self-worth does not depend on people, places, or things.”

Basing your worth on something that is fickle is not a good foundation. So “Unless your spiritual side is strong, your ego will get in the way and you’ll think life is all about you.” And it is not. Because “if you get into your EGO— which can also stand for Everything Good is Outside— you exhaust yourself by searching for your self-worth out there somewhere.”

Your worth comes from inside and it is built on something that will not change and that is God.

So how is your ego doing today?

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