Part of that is self-preservation and that's fine. . . and then there's the over-indexing in which we look at everything through the lens of "me." And the world doesn't work that way. . .and truthfully, looking at the world through the lens of "me" doesn't really work well for any of us.
Hence, "get over yourself."
It may be more than that, though. "Getting over ourselves" hints that we reluctantly leave behind that which doesn't serve us well; that after days or months of hmm-ing and haw-ing we finally allow viewpoints other than our own to prevail. It may take more action than just stepping around our personal bias for a minute. Maybe it should be more dramatic? Maybe willfully moving beyond ourselves requires a bigger action.
So, maybe it takes a little JOY: "Jump Over Yourself."
Sometimes we look at things through the "me" filter out of fear. Sometimes we look through the "me" filter out of habit - perhaps perpetuating things that we wish we really didn't do. Whatever the reason, the point is that we can't move forward because we are standing in our own shadow as opposed to stepping into the light; we are standing in the way of progress.
So maybe it takes a more deliberate action to move beyond ourselves - an action of resolve for the greater good (and our own good). Maybe it takes a big jump beyond what we know to get to a place we really like or love.
Not accidentally, the acronym "JOY" indicates that happiness we feel when we take that jump to move beyond what we mistakenly believe serves us well to what serves all of us better.
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