LET GO OF YOUR EGO

There is a fine line between self-respect and ego. I always thought I knew this line but I didn't. Every time I breached the line and ego took over, I still called it my self-respect. I always become offensive when someone points at my mistake. I consider it to be an attack on my personality. My self-respect is my identity and before I could realize, it grew in size by leaps and bounds and took the shape of ego. I know it's not right but I am unable to handle it. Now, if I cut my ego, people will take it as a sign of weakness. Initially, I didn't take it seriously and allowed it to flourish. Now it has taken control over me and I seem to have become a slave of my ego