Toot Your Own Horn!!!!! (Page 3 of 3)

Well see, there you go...and it's true.   We've gotten to a point where we're so afraid of the fact that others feel inadequate about themselves that we feel that we can't even acknowledge stuff that we're able to do, and do well, without it sounding arrogant.  But if it's something we can do, and we're good at, then there's nothing wrong with it coming up in a conversation.  We all have our talents.   I have mine, you have yours, the person over there has theirs, and so on.     Nothing wrong with that!

I think the trick is for people to stop feeling inadequate about themselves, then they'd be less inclined to "bristle" when someone mentions anything good about themselves.   Tenetnosce mentioned the attitude about money, the way people tense up and get frowny as soon as someone even so much as mentions their personal financial success.  It's the same mindset.  Change the way we feel about ourselves, then the way we react and respond to others will in turn change. 

My apologies to the forum.

In a moment's passion I negated all the traits I claim to espouse in my previous posts.

I realized how easy it is to do a flip, and I know it left some scratching their heads as to why.

I'll be quite frank with you lyra.

I became a member of NR because I felt it was balanced.
Everyone is equal.
I quickly came to see a bit of an imbalance, intentional or otherwise.

You seem to have some lust for the limelight, lyra, and at the time I (regrettably) took a shit
on this thread because you had, seemingly, jumped down Christine B.'s throat for her deletion of a post.

I know it was not meant that way.

I was feeling positive about affecting some real change in a few people's real lives.

Whenever you start a thread, or contribute lyra, people listen.
Myself included.

That's what angered me.
Not this thread, or you, but purely the timing of it.

Like it was just postured to steal attention away from someone else's thread- namely mine.

I have very little capacity for competiteveness, that's just my nature, but I have to be honest with myself here.

That little bit I'm reluctant to acknowlege reared its ugly head.

Could it be..............arrogance?
Yeah maybe.

I am sorry lyra.
I f*cked up.
Had a choice to not hit submit, did it anyway.

An undeserved about face on my part.

I will also toot my own horn...

4 years ago I had no typing skills.
Y'know..... peck, peck............peck.

For a bluecollar grunt like myself, knowing I can hold my own (expressive) with some of the best damn wordsmiths on the forum (and Web) is  somewhat exhilarating.

I am not a creative writer by definition, but expressive, which is creative from the point of origin.

I think I am done here, I just did not want to leave in such a vile manner.

                      Thanks, Jason