Very few situations are close to being ideal in this World; rests are thousand miles apart from what one can conveniently call normal.
Why otherwise, Worldwide, thousands of murders are being committed; thousands of divorces are being executed and thousands of fatal accidents are witnessed?
If you closely look at the root cause of these deviations and try to investigate the reasons behind, only one thing would surface up: Inflated or deflated ego.
Every deviation from normalcy is being driven by an emotionally distorted state of ego: Over confidence, or lack of it!
Well, while talking about what is a normal ego, I think it`s a state of mind that balances the rift between emotional and logical interpretations of any situation.
Logic is a cool old friend, who always stand by us no matter whatever situation we may be going through; however, emotion is a high energy friend with dual characteristics: one that drives us to achieve the impossible, and the other that spoils even the possible.
Unfortunately, most of the time, a devilish emotion takes control over our mind and soul creating situations that are far from normal and, ultimately, leading to inevitable destructive conclusions.
A simple example of the fight between egos that I experience quite often is, when two cars are stuck up in traffic with none able to move forward without the other moving back.
In such situation, emotion supersedes logic and both the drivers interpret the act of withdrawing as bad as accepting a defeat.
Similar incidents happen in relationship conflicts also, when none of the involved parties show any willingness to take a step back and sort the issues out. Reason: A sense of defeat while doing so.
Why can't we look at things a little more logically? Why can't we take a step backward for sorting the issues out? Why can't we attack numerous problems, that we encounter in our life, little more practically? Why can't we accept a temporary defeat to ensure a permanent victory?
Because we fail to logically control our ego according to the situation and, ultimately, fall victim to devastating emotional compulsion.
But I think it's not impossible to tame our ego down to a workable level, if we practice the art of tolerance and forgiveness.
Until then, the World would remain a battle ground with warriors fighting for no cause.
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