Time Out Chair for Ego

"Be yourself; no base imitator of another, but your best self.

There is something that you can do better than any other.

Listen to the inward voice and bravely obey that."

Ralph Waldo Emerson

We all need a time out chair, not for ourselves, but for our ego.  Right before we look in a mirror, do self inventory, or evaluate our worthiness, kindly ask ego to sit to the side in the time out chair. Once ego is silenced, we can hear our hearts speak.

Often times, our ego is our worst enemy.  It will stop us before we start, interrupt us in the middle, or sabotage a happy ending.  Ego is like a small child who throws tantrums instead of being quiet. It needs to be confronted with compassion,  "Please, have a seat!"

Before every presentation, important meeting, or creative project, I appropriately invite my ego to sit to the side.  I don't want to be distracted, squelched nor minimized.  I want to dream, succeed, and feel filled with life.  I want all of us to place our ego in a time out chair, so we can listen to the Divine and become our very best self.