you can't have it all

ego
3 letters, a word
small & short, yet strong enough to ruin everything which lies along with it

ego could be a fervency for us, but at the same time, it could be a fire that burns our sanity to ashes and leaves nothing but the ego itself.

to be the 'one' —the best one, the great one, the only one; we need ego.
but... when ego flourishes, our true self come out.
we don't care about the others, our egoism level run high, the rule of "I am me & you are you" applies, walls are built to set ourselves apart from others, we live inside the walls, alone.

when we think we're proper enough to be the one, we go out of our walls.
since we live in a world by our own, we can't see the real world out there. where people's ego are colliding to each other, making efforts to be stand-out, or trying to give a heartfelt bow to other forceful ego. seeing the circumstances around, we're startled. we feel small. we are nothing.
who we think we were are not who we are. but after a while, we see, we learn that to be the 'one' doesn't have to make the world only for you.

in real life, people win some and people lose some. remember: we can't have it all. if we insist to make it the way we want, eventually..... we'll get nothing.

ego
we need it, we have it
but there are times when all we need to do is just look around & realize that this world is not just about you
it ain't yours, nor mine; it's ours