you are not harmed when someone forgets your name.

you are not made greater when they remember it.

what we call the ego is often just noise — habits of praise, defense, and comparison. but the work is quiet. it does not demand attention.

if you lose the need to be seen, you gain the freedom to act rightly. if you no longer defend the self, you are free to improve it.

the ego resists change because it fears disappearing. but it is not you. you remain.

strip it away. let go of the performance. you will still wake, breathe, think, build — only lighter.

what are you afraid of losing, when nothing in this world belongs to you?