tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7218367192742949904.post419242551111903887..comments2018-02-16T04:00:32.054-08:00Comments on Reflections from the Rock: Learning to let goJameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12745314575719570954noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7218367192742949904.post-18803790308553911062015-10-13T08:48:31.473-07:002015-10-13T08:48:31.473-07:00Thanks for your comments. Letting go of ego instit...Thanks for your comments. Letting go of ego institutionally may be even more challenging.<br />Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12745314575719570954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7218367192742949904.post-2715183804002338972015-10-13T08:48:24.000-07:002015-10-13T08:48:24.000-07:00Thanks for your comments. Letting go of ego instit...Thanks for your comments. Letting go of ego institutionally may be even more challenging.<br />Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12745314575719570954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7218367192742949904.post-29336798615214298312015-10-12T14:52:59.640-07:002015-10-12T14:52:59.640-07:00Yes - Doctors & Ministers put on pedestals. S...Yes - Doctors & Ministers put on pedestals. Some find it difficult addressing these learned folk by first name or without the honorific of "Doctor" or "Reverend", etc.. Things are changing, though. Some of us can see these people as equal human beings.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07399773430969905582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7218367192742949904.post-77946826055597265672015-10-11T10:41:05.292-07:002015-10-11T10:41:05.292-07:00Ah, ego: so critical to our self-expression, but d...Ah, ego: so critical to our self-expression, but do we have a handle on it, or it on us?<br /><br />Great post! I am reminded of the writer's axiom "kill your darlings", which validates how much of ourselves we can put into our work, but reminds us of the ruthlessness with which we may need to edit, prune or excise the parts of of our work that do not help our purpose or advance our themes. Or as the dapper Turkish fellow put it in "The Last Crusade", 'Do you seek the grail for your glory, or for God's?'Stephen Fitzpatrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06377636491269666540noreply@blogger.com