The Prideful Ego—that child of fear and vanity—thrives on isolation. It whispers, “You’re better, you’re worse,” and always, “You’re alone.” Cut off from humanity, you become nothing but a mind, an ego spinning its wheels in the mud. The world shrinks, and the self distorts. You, one of eight billion, thinking you’re a special case, a unique anomaly. But a puzzle piece in isolation is worthless—it finds meaning only in connection. There’s no sense in pretending otherwise. You’re not the exception; you’re part of the whole. Wake up to it.
You believe in something. You might dress it up in analysis or disguise it in self-pity, but you worship at some altar. Maybe it’s the altar of Self-Preservation or Capitalism. You avoid naming it, but it’s there, shaping your every move. Every desperate attempt to control your little corner of the world points back to what you believe, what you’ve allowed to define you. Dig deep—what is it? Name it. Own it.
Your life is a mirror, and what you see staring back at you is the sum of your beliefs. Every failure, every broken attempt to wrestle happiness from the world—it’s all there, reflecting what you really believe. When the charade crumbles, the illusion shatters, and you’re left with a choice: continue the farce or believe in something that matters. Life—capital L Life—doesn’t play games. It’s relentless, pushing up through the cracks, refusing to die. Trees growing out of rocks, babies born—it’s all the same power. Tap into it, beg it to intervene in your drama. See what happens.
God is in your passions, your gifts. Want to get closer? Engage with what lights you up. That’s where God is hiding, in the things and people you love but are too scared to embrace. The divine isn’t some far-off entity; it’s right there, in the thing you’d do for free, for fun. The trick? Stop everything else. Stop chasing approval, stop worrying about who’s mad at you, stop clinging to routines that choke the life out of you. Create space, and fill it with what matters. The world needs it, and so do you.
Self-esteem—you find it by throwing yourself into the world, depending on others, and serving something greater than yourself. The world shapes, breaks, and heals you if you let it. God, Spirit, Allah, whichever you prefer—it deepens your understanding of who you are when you stop trying to go it alone. Depend on something higher, and watch your sense of self transform. That spiritual center you keep avoiding? It’s the only fuel worth running on. It’s not in things, brains, or lovers. It’s deeper than all that. Find it.
Song Accompaniment – Imagine Dragons, Demons
Artwork: The Art of Seth
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