I am, but I am not

I have been thinking about the I AM a bunch.

I think the real me is some part deep down inside, perhaps where the Voice comes from. That part of me has no ego, is only good, and is not the part of me I normally think of when I say "me". That part is the ego, the part that wants to be right, that wants to be liked, etc.

I feel like the I AM is the only part of me that is real, that will last, perhaps the only part of me that will live forever? The ego is fleeting, not to mention childish. ;-)

Why does this matter? I think I need to learn that the I AM matters and the ego does not. All thoughts that normally pop into my head are the ego, and a few are I AM. I need to near to care about the Voice and not care about the ego. All of the thoughts that come from the ego, good and bad, do not matter. All things in the normal world do not matter. They only have the value I give them. I do not even understand them! ;-)

Woo hoooo, that feels good!