Ego

I hope all of you have been able to get outside and enjoy this beautiful warm early Spring weather we are having. Yesterday I took advantage of the weather and took my first mountain biking ride of the season. This is the earliest I can remember the trails being open. Besides doing something good for my mind, body and soul, It was the first time in over a month that I did a workout pain free. You see I did not listen to my body when I really needed to. I did not take the proper recovery time needed for the 4x4x48 challenge. I let my EGO and my other goals get in the way of doing what was necessary to let myself heal and I have been paying the price for over a month now.

Ego can be a real pain in the ass. Ego lets us think that we can overcome anything by simply powering our way through it. In some cases that can be a really good thing, but most of the time it is really not. Ego can prevent us from stepping back and listening to everything around us. Ego likes to listen to only what it wants to listen to because ego feels like it knows better then everything and everyone else. Letting go of ego opens us up to greater possibilities beyond what we already know. When we allow ego to be in control it likes to always keep us on the same path. You see ego really doesn't like change. When positive change starts to happen ego starts to lose the control it has over us. Ego will fight you tooth and nail to keep you on the path it wants to be on. Ego doesn't care if it is the right path and ego doesn't care what this path does to you. Ego only cares about itself. Be aware of your ego and be willing to put up a good fight with it on occasions. Be willing to step back and let go over your ego in order to be able to move forward in the direction you want to go. For myself, I need to let go of my ego so my body can heal and get back to what I love to do. It sounds simple enough, but ego can be a very powerful force and you have to find the way inside yourself to be the stronger force.

Thanks for reading and as always your thoughts and comments are always welcome.