Do You Want to be Happy or do You Want to be Right?

"Do you want to be happy, or do you want to be right?"

Verse from a song I heard, performed by a female singer... maybe Meredith Brooks?

... totally valid and profound, especially in the case of egos!

Introduction

Like many others out there, I often find myself identifying with my ego. Or, in other words, I find it hard to see myself apart from the self who my mind has created. Does that make any sense? Those of you who are familiar with Eckhart Tolle's writings might understand. I mean: I have an ego. (And if I could just interject for a moment and say, "mine is pretty darn big!") My ego has created a 'me,' that I should be. This 'me' is really just an idea, though... but a powerful one. I undoubtedly behave and react in certain ways because of this ego... because a large part of me believes that this idea of me is real, and in order to maintain this belief, as well as to react to some perceived threat to this idea, I act in certain ways. But this is not me. I am not so separate and individual as my ego thinks... I simply 'am.' Does this sound very simple or complicated to you? It sounds relatively simple to me, but it is still something that confuses me on a daily basis.

That is where this blog comes in. Before I develop some sort of split personality disorder, I am going to create an outlet for my ego, in an attempt to prevent its ideas from monopolizing so much of my life. Less ego identification= less conflict= more peace.

That said, beware; this ego is vain and shallow, as will many (hopefully, not all) of the entries on this blog be. It's an outlet, after all. I'm trying to get the "not-so-good" stuff out of me, so that there can be more room for the "good" stuff :-). The goal, after all, is to generate peace and happiness, and how can you do that with a bellyful of negativity?

Stay happy.