Wonderfully written post as usual and so true in what you say, I used to have an Ego on overdrive and will fully admit it, to be honest I cannot say exactly what caused me to change, I cannot say there is one thing or a group of things i did to bring my Ego under Control, well and my temper which used to also get the best of me often led on by my Ego I suspect

If I really thing about it I think it was a slow change when I happened to spend time in some post war zone and semi still war zone countries ravaged by fighting and saw the harsh conditions people were living in, I think it al helped me to put many things into perspective and naturally led me to change my ways

I am not saying i have no Ego or anything like that but I do like to feel it sits quietly hidden away for the most part for me these days