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EGO

 

Everybody carries an ego. The ego is a balloon incorporated in one’s character.

The ego-balloon tends to be inflated. The gas it is inflated with is lighter than air.

Usually, it’s just hot air. The owner of a big, inflated ego looks big and heavy, but

in fact he’s just a fat lightweight. Also the ego tends to lift its owner from the firm

ground.

Therefore, owners of big and inflated egos tend to lose contact with the ground.

The more one’s ego gets inflated the weaker gets one’s contact with reality.

People with extremely inflated ego face several dangers: they may float away if

the wind gets too strong for them to hold ground; their ego may explode and they

may find themselves without any ego at all; worse of all, somebody may

puncture their ego just when they are taking off and they may crash on a hard,

rocky reality with a disastrous effect.