Kit's Challenge 10 Compliments to Yourself
Oh boy. I agree with all those before me. This is going to be tough.
1. Great Mother
I became a mother late in life. I have broken all of the disappointment behaviors of the adults from my childhood by never promising anything I can't or won't do/give. He knows he can trust me. My word means something. I never miss a day of telling and showing him how much I love him.
2. Forgiving
Though it may impact the trajectory of a relationship, I am forgiving when someone hurts me.
3. Thoughtful/Caring
To a fault, I consider of the feelings of others over myself. I care how my actions impact other people. This came from and is strengthened by #4 after many of life's lessons.
4. Good Student
I love to learn, and I find lessons everywhere in life, in love, in fun, in heartache and pain, I try my best to use every opportunity to be a better person. I'm totally not perfect (and am overly aware of that fact), which does give me plenty of room to learn and grow.
5. Responsible
I take care of things given or entrusted to me.
6. Good Teacher
I am good at breaking down concepts into more digestible points. I can help people see through the abstract that exists in life.
7. Creative
I see opportunities for art in everything. I am a good writer (suck at texting tho 😆).
8. I am accepting of all ethnic groups and races of people. I see the beauty in the culture of others. I respect the experience others have had in life. I LOVE to learn lessons from other groups to be a better human. YouTube is totally confused on who I am lol.
9. I am ethical. Though I haven't always made ethical choices in my past, through #4, I have grown to be a highly ethical person in relationships and life on general.
10. I never give up in life (though I have to admit to coming dangerously close last year). I am the person in the end of the movie who has basically been beaten and abused by life, people, etc and is dragging themselves along into the sunset--still going, telling jokes and laughing (sarcastically and sometimes cynically) into the sunset. There will ALWAYS be a sequel (until the story ends). The sequel will ALWAYS be better than the former. I will keep trying no matter how many times I fail or fall. It doesn't mean I won't be triggered, cry and even consider stopping, but I won't. Thus, the reason I am back in The Cage. Trying again. A sequel--new name--new perspective--new me.
Kit, this was tough! It took me longer to write this than most blog posts. I would excel at a "Share all the things you could do better" challenge lol. Thank you for the challenge to change my perspective, at least for a moment.
