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humility vs. hubris - by Isabel - Mind Mine

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I have recently grown much more sensitive to the magnitude of the egos around me. Meaning: what previously struck me as questionable behaviour I now see as the ego’s bid for attention. I also see behaviour I used to view as an indicator of good character for what it really is: a product of humility, or low ego. As I have gone deeper inwards, I noticed how many of my (small) decisions were unconscious bids for… attention? acknowledgement? reverence? respect? status? a social currency of some kind. Importantly: this was not being done consciously. My ego was gripping my mind and posturing the identity it wanted to portray to the world. This phenomenon was invisible to me until I learned to earnestly examine myself. I would say something that gave me pause and ask myself: did I just say that for attention? Am I trying to make this person think I’m smart? Why am I doing that? I’m pretty sure this is the kind of self-examination Kendrick was referring to when he said: “Some put it on the de

Phaeton, Four Disgracers — Hendrick Goltzius I have recently grown much more sensitive to the magnitude of the egos around me. Meaning: what previously struck me as questionable behaviour I now see as the ego’s bid for attention. I also see behaviour I used to view as an indicator of good character for what it really is: a product of humility, or low ego. As I have gone deeper inwards, I noticed how many of my (small) decisions were unconscious bids for… attention? acknowledgement? reverence? respect? status? a social currency of some kind. Importantly: this was not being done consciously.…

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