It’s embarrassing that in my three thousand, nine hundred, and thirty-eight days of consecutive blogging, I’ve never written a post with the title “embarrassing.”
It saddens me when people describe their all-too-human feelings, thoughts, and behaviors as embarrassing.
Personally, I can find it embarrassing when I
don’t get enough sleep,
am obviously ailing from something (like an arthritic ankle),
get something wrong,
seem self-absorbed, or
reach out and get no response.
It’s embarrassing how much embarrassment can hold us back.
Do you see anything embarrassing in my images for today?
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it’s not embarrassing to use lower case to accept my curves on national curves day.
Is it embarrassing that every other source on the Internet states that National Curves Day is the second WEDNESDAY of October, not the second Saturday? If it is embarrassing, it’s not embarrassing for me.
Here’s what I find when I look for “embarrassing” on YouTube:
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Embarrassing thanks to all who helped me create this “embarrassing” post, including you!!!
Maybe it’s bragging to say that I’m good at finding things on the internet, including definitions of “bragging.”
It doesn’t surprise me that bragging is defined in a negative way. However, I think there’s something to be said for bragging, especially if you tend to squelch or disbelieve positive things about yourself.
Personally, I grew up in a family where saying anything positive about oneself — much less bragging — was discouraged. Whenever I said something that came close to bragging, I was told “don’t give a kanahari” because that would attract the evil eye.
As a result, I’ve always had some fear about promoting myself, naming my talents, owning my skills, and doing anything else that might attract the evil eye. This is so ingrained that last September, when I fearlessly shared one of my original songs with strangers and then had a mini-stroke the next day, this thought came into my head: “That’s what you get for bragging about yourself.”
Rationally, I know that’s not true. Also, I’ve witnessed the healing power of bragging when I’ve encouraged people in my therapy groups to say something positive about themselves. Last week, I said, “let’s hear some bragging” and witnessed people, who usually put themselves down, allowing themselves to acknowledge and own their positive attributes and accomplishments.
Let’s see if there’s any bragging in my images for today.
Is it bragging, on National Fun Day, to say that I’m really fun? Is it also bragging to say that I made many great decisions about our shower remodel, that I’m an excellent group therapist, or that I write good songs?
Here’s hoping something terrible doesn’t happen to me because of all that bragging.
Here’s the song I was bragging about in September:
Let’s see some bragging in those comments, below!
Is it bragging to say that I have the best readers for my blog, including you?
