There’s no such thing as a healthy ego.

A healthy ego is considered to be one which expresses positivity and confidence on the outside, while hiding its negativity and insecurity deep down below. An unhealthy ego is considered to be one which expresses negativity and insecurity on the outside, while hiding its positivity and confidence deep down below. “Healthy” egos love banging on “unhealthy” egos to reinforce their current positions, and “unhealthy” egos despise “healthy” egos for their cruelty. The reality is, there is no difference.

A truly healthy ego is a small ego. A small ego doesn’t think of itself much, certainly not in terms of how healthy it is, or how it compares to others. Whether a small ego is in a temporary period of contentment, when life just flows, or in a deep anguish of not understanding what’s happening and why it’s so depressed, it always seeks the ultimate calamity of no ego. The smaller it gets, the closer it approaches. Life has a side-effect of shedding ego, but not always.