Ego and Fear, Hand in Hand

"When we see that the world is enchanted,

we see the revelation of God in each

individual person and creature."

Richard Rohr

Once we embrace the concept of life being a school, we gain corrective insight about others.   We are all students, faced with challenges to help us evolve into our highest good.  Discerning  each person is striving for individual clarity, competition decreases.  We can all move forward in our own individual search, believing we can be embraced in spite of imperfections.

When we look into the eyes of one other, we can acknowledge differences without feeling any threat. We can share our expertise and advance together.  As each person feels purposeful and respected, no one is left behind.

When we feel ourselves particularly threatened by someone socially or professionally, we can usually discover ego and fear hand in hand.  If we endeavor to see the sacred in the other, negativity falls away and we can continue to move forward acknowledging the Divine in each of us. We may never be friends, but at least we don't have to be enemies either.