I look at the man full of surprise. An introspector… what might that be? Besides the man from the gas company, the man from the water company, i don’t know any other men who come to check things… And these days everything is handled on line… Why is this man coming to see me? Well, madam I’m here to check you inner world, to see where there a points of improvement for you…
I’m always open to improvement, so come in guess… Close your eyes, madam than I will walk through your inner world, if you allow me. The man starts his round. Now let me see, what have we here? A separate room. Madam, what is that sign on the door? “Well, sir, you do know how to read, I assume? It says… No entering! Danger! The man looks at the note and asks “Does your ego live here?”
From behind the door a little voice says… “Oh goodie, he figured that one out quickly for a man” My little ego is awake. I was afraid that might happen. .The man says, “I think you’ve got quiet a lovely ego madam, a hand full”. Can you tell me when this little lady gets active?
This little mini me wakes up if things don’t go like I want them to. Or if I’m not able to let go of things and I have the illusion that I will feel better if I’m in control. She also wakes up if my thoughts aren’t 100% positive. The man asks if I can give him an example.
Well, she comes when people have a problem and all the possible solutions they get are being swept of the table with comments like “Oh no… that won’t work” or “Oh I’ve tried that so many times already” and they keep whining about how nobody helps them and nobody likes them.
My little ego has steam coming out of her cute ears in those cases. Not because people have a problem, but because of the fact that the only thing they want is to put them on other people’s plates and blame everyone else for the problems they have. My ego starts doing karate moves and knocks down the dressing room table each time she has a temper.
And what is it that you do in these cases, the man asks… “I have learned to name three options for a problem and that’s it. After that I stop and tell them I have no more advise. The whining is still something I’m working on. I try to keep that to a minimum and try to not let it ruin my sunny state of mind.
And that works every day, the man asks. Well uhm .. not always, but every day is a new opportunity to practice. Well, madam, we’ve come to the end of the inspection. You may open your eyes. I can see that you are trying your best, but my advise would be… get a good lock on that door and find a hobby for your ego, maybe dance classes? I’ll leave a self inspection form for you here… so you can do your own inspection. I thank you for your time and wish you a lovely day.. 
