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**Ann** · 06-19-2005, 05:43 PM

Take a step in the direction of freedom, in the direction of power and effectiveness, by taking a step away from your own ego. Go beyond seeing everything in terms of you, and you'll go beyond many of the limitations that hold you back.

Take a step away from the concerns of your ego and you'll be stepping away from a lot of useless needs that only hold you back. You'll be stepping away from envy, spite, the need to prove yourself, and the constant worry about how others perceive you.

What if you had no worries and could not be tempted to stray off course? What if you had the courage to act without being stopped by the fear of failure?

Imagine the power of being able to stay totally focused, immune to all destructive and wasteful habits. The more you can get beyond your ego, the more courage and focus you'll be able to maintain.

When your energy is no longer being drained by your ego, that energy becomes available to do wondrous things. When you step away from being so consumed with yourself, you step up to a higher level of experience and achievement.

Take that step up. Go beyond yourself and fulfill the very best of your possibilities.

-- Ralph Marston

chicory · 11-03-2010, 05:12 PM

This is awesome. I want to soak this in!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

LadyLuck · 11-03-2010, 07:25 PM

Ann,

Thank you for so thoughtfully posting this. It offers the guidance I've badly needed and struggled to find for some time as things that have been overshadowed by my past drinking surface.

You're an angel!

coffeenut · 11-03-2010, 08:20 PM

Thank you!

***least*** · 11-05-2010, 05:47 PM

Now that I'm no longer a selfish self absorbed drunk I'm able to 'give back' to others/the world at large... and it is in giving that we truly receive.

sampar · 11-07-2010, 02:15 PM

That just says it all Ann, Thank you

HarryB · 11-07-2010, 03:53 PM

Thank you, I needed to read this. My ego is one of my worst enemies.

hope51 · 11-30-2010, 10:26 AM

This really made me think. Like the poster before me said, ego is one of my worst enemies also. It really holds me back sometimes.

06-19-2005, 05:43 PM	#1 (permalink)
Ann Forum Leader Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: By The Lake Posts: 29,789	Step Beyond Yourself Take a step in the direction of freedom, in the direction of power and effectiveness, by taking a step away from your own ego. Go beyond seeing everything in terms of you, and you'll go beyond many of the limitations that hold you back. Take a step away from the concerns of your ego and you'll be stepping away from a lot of useless needs that only hold you back. You'll be stepping away from envy, spite, the need to prove yourself, and the constant worry about how others perceive you. What if you had no worries and could not be tempted to stray off course? What if you had the courage to act without being stopped by the fear of failure? Imagine the power of being able to stay totally focused, immune to all destructive and wasteful habits. The more you can get beyond your ego, the more courage and focus you'll be able to maintain. When your energy is no longer being drained by your ego, that energy becomes available to do wondrous things. When you step away from being so consumed with yourself, you step up to a higher level of experience and achievement. Take that step up. Go beyond yourself and fulfill the very best of your possibilities. -- Ralph Marston __________________ Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add color to my sunset sky. ~Tagore

11-03-2010, 08:20 PM	#4 (permalink)
coffeenut 6/20/08 Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 4,462	Thank you! __________________ Choices, Chances, Changes.

11-05-2010, 05:47 PM	#5 (permalink)
*least* bona fido dog-lover Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: eastern USA Posts: 28,630 Blog Entries: 31	Now that I'm no longer a selfish self absorbed drunk I'm able to 'give back' to others/the world at large... and it is in giving that we truly receive. __________________ I'd rather live in my car with my dogs than live in a castle without them. Dogs may not be our whole lives, but they make our lives whole. Don't wait for the Last Judgement. It takes place every day. -Albert Camus Find the good and praise it. - Alex Haley

11-07-2010, 02:15 PM	#6 (permalink)
sampar Right Where I am Suppose to be Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: ireland Posts: 384	That just says it all Ann, Thank you __________________ if your standing with one leg in yesterday & one leg in tomorrow , you're peeing on today :p

11-03-2010, 05:12 PM	#2 (permalink)
chicory Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: ohio usa Posts: 4,178	This is awesome. I want to soak this in!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

11-03-2010, 07:25 PM	#3 (permalink)
LadyLuck Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 80	Ann, Thank you for so thoughtfully posting this. It offers the guidance I've badly needed and struggled to find for some time as things that have been overshadowed by my past drinking surface. You're an angel!

11-07-2010, 03:53 PM	#7 (permalink)
HarryB Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: London Posts: 337	Thank you, I needed to read this. My ego is one of my worst enemies.

11-30-2010, 10:26 AM	#8 (permalink)
hope51 Member Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: PA Posts: 24	This really made me think. Like the poster before me said, ego is one of my worst enemies also. It really holds me back sometimes.

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