How to Manage Ego for Better Relationships - Rabbi Zamir Cohen in English (AI)

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Today let's reflect on one of the common struggles. Some people deal with it daily. Others face it in relationships or in society. The issue of personal ego is natural. Every person feels themselves as the center. The word I places a person at the center and sometimes this clashes with others. It's not easy to overcome one's ego. Let's examine here the words of King Solomon in the book of Proverbs 10 27. Solomon says, "A person Proverbs 10 27. Solomon says, "A person who seeks goodness will find favor." Rabbi Abraham Ezra explains, "What does it mean seeking goodness?" What does seeking mean in Hebrew? It refers to someone who seeks justice. Seeking is from the word for dawn meaning someone for whom the issue is so important that they are willing to rise early wait by the house of someone who can help with the matter. This is called a person who seeks goodness. Here it refers to seeks goodness. Here it refers to someone who seeks the good for everyone. Such a person who is a seeker of goodness will seek favor. This means that even in a situation of tension with a friend, with his wife or a woman with her husband, the person will admit, "I made a mistake. I spoke out of turn. I hurt the other person." True, the other side also reacted, reprimanded and hurt him. And from this, a certain kind of argument developed. But says King

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