Day Five - Keeping the ego quite

I went out to the movies tonight with my daughter and a friend. I ate dinner before I went. Afterwards my friend wanted to go out to have some frozen yogurt. My ego, said, “you’ll hurt his feelings if you don’t go, its a social pleasure to eat dessert together, you’ve been very good for five days, my daughter would like to have some too, just have a couple of bites. I said, “I’m good, but I’d be glad to sit with you while you have some.” We ended up not having any. It felt good to decide to keep my word. Keeping my word shuts the ego right up. The firmer I am with the ego, the quieter the ego is.