Mx. Luna Corbden 🐸I've been thinking lately about the difference between ego and the simple need for connection.
Some of what I thought was the former (an attachment, illusion, fragile, source of bad behavior, needs to die) may actually be the latter (also an attachment, but more healthy if properly handled).
Much of how we view the self is a reflection of a reflection of what others think of us. It's unhealthy to rely on others as a source of ego fulfillment. But genuine human connection is bound up in that tangle. How much of my pain is wounded ego, and how much is just a normal reaction to continual rejection and the absence of connection?
[Funny how my instance was down for a couple of hours when I first tried to send this!]