Ego vs Self-Esteem.

I have always encouraged people to love, respect and accept themselves. Self love is a very important mentality we all should have as it gives us an optimistic view of the world and allow us to have a healthy amount of confidence and self-esteem. However, I have come to notice that, while some people and self-loving, they tend to look down on others while doing it. They so love themselves they feel superior to others. This is called ego.

Both ego and self-esteem comes from thought, and the thought comes from both the collective thoughts of our society and within ourselves. Collective thoughts of our society tells us what we ought to be. Thoughts within ourselves tell us what we are and whether to agree with the thoughts of people around us. This thought process within ourself is the factor that determines whether we are just high in self-esteem or pure ego.

As I said at the start of this post, ego is actually just self-esteem plus feeling superior to others. It is good to know how to tell the difference between constructive criticism and insults but people who are ego will classify every criticism they get as an insult. They do not heed the advice of people around them and tend to think that everyone is just nuts and they are the best. The only people who aren't nuts is the ones that praise them and feed their ego. They put on thick veils of ego and look at the world, wondering, "Hmm.. Why is it so dark in here?"

If you are asking, "So, what advice have you got for ego people?" I don't have any. What is the point of giving them advice when they do not take it anyway? I could only hope that they fall hard on their heads (figuratively) someday and see the truth that they have never noticed.