Our ego is necessary to make our way in the world, however, when we are too attached to this sense of self, we’re likely to have run-ins with others’ egos. We can feel insulted when none was intended. Even if someone tells us they disapprove, they’re really just disliking their own projection of us. Or perhaps they don’t like the reflection of themselves they see when they’re around us. Most interpersonal friction is non-threatening and can be neutralized when we realize that our ego just got entangled with someone else’s and we let go and…
Drop the story.