I don't use qualifiers because in regards to my personal beliefs it would feel inauthentic. I don't believe in a higher power, so I would personally feel like I wasn't taking responsibility for my own choices or taking the fact that I alone make my own choices seriously. I really don't know whether or not I would use them if I did believe in a higher power or not.
I agree with you about ego. I wouldn't have been able to say it that eloquently though.
