KANE AND ABEL
I am in touch with two of the strongest urges within me. Let me call them desires. The first one is the desire to be ‘right’. The other one is the desire to be ‘peaceful’. Interestingly, everything I do in my life – yes, each and every activity – assumes its intensity, direction, passion, proactive or reactive nature from these two desires within me. The desire to prove myself right is there almost every time. I am in touch with its consequences. Though, on the surface, it appears to be a great motivating force that drives me to perform, fight, and stick on… it is the root cause of a lot of stress in my life. It is when stress takes a toll on me, I realize that my actions are predominantly driven my desire to prove myself right. I realize that I am driven by my ego… I am obsessed with the social image: “What other people would think about me?” So, I don’t give up. I argue. I fight. And, because this desire to p...