I have a smile on my face reading your responses. I definitely appreciate y’all Flutherers – it’s why I keep coming back here.
I want to speak to why I asked this question, and share my thoughts about modesty.
We have this thing in our society about tearing people down who seem arrogant. You know, when people say things like, “So-and-so thinks he’s all that.”
But isn’t it possible to share what’s great about you – without being arrogant? I mean, aren’t there really great things about you? Does saying so out loud make you arrogant? There’s a great book called: “Tooting your own horn without blowing it.”
Personally, I know I love it when people own what’s great about them. And it annoys me when people talk about why they think they suck. I think of modesty as “I know I’m not very good at this particular thing.” But there have to be things in other areas that you are actually good at. There have to be. One person can’t suck at everything, right?
So that was the reason for my question: to challenge us all to celebrate what’s great about ourselves.