You are a spoke on the wheel of the Universe, not the center...

You are a spoke on the wheel of the Universe, not the center...

Isn't it ironic that we negatively perceive terms like self-pity, self-absorbed, self-centered, self-serving, SELFish, self-indulgent, etc., and then we as individuals go about our day with only marginal regard for "other" or "group?"

Our Egos keep us completely focused on our own wellbeing, but the same Ego is threatened when it notices someone else's Ego doing the same thing... This observation alone should raise a red flag about our own behavior. If we are threatened by seeing our own behavior in others, shouldn't that be a clear indication that our own behavior should be changed?

We HATE to consider ourselves ordinary/common/undistinguished. It sends our Egos into overdrive, searching for recognititon, for some way to be superior. Our Egos' view of ourselves as SEPARATE always leads it to comparisons, and better, superior, and more deserving are always the results at which it arrives.

We also receive an endless assault of daily messages from our culture;  "Rugged Individualism," "Dog eat dog," "Look out for number one," that subconsciously reinforce the Ego. I say subconsciously, because we never stop and analyze these sayings to see if they resonate with our ethical views or even if they make sense! We just assume they are true since they are repeated so often...

They don't make sense...

When we examine snowflakes softly falling on a hushed afternoon, we marvel at how each is different and at the same time PERFECT. We say with authority, "No two are alike!" But we NEVER consider them anything other than snow... They are all SNOW! We are ALL the Human Race! Just as the impact of the snow is a group effort, the meaning of the Human Race is as a group. Our individual differences are minute as a matter of influence, and while just as inspiring of wonder as individual snowflakes, it is the WE that is of consequence...

The wheel might be the dominant symbol of the Universe. The moon wheels around the Earth, the Earth wheels around the Sun, the Sun around the Milky Way, a galaxy, a wheel like billions of other galaxies... The Earth is not the center. The Sun is not the center. The Mily Way is not the center... and neither are you... YOU are simply a spoke on the wheel. WE are all spokes on the wheel...

Today, reign in your Ego. When you begin to compare yourSELF to others stop and see that you are one snowflake and that your only true value is you are SNOW...

Duffy