Five Things I'm proud of - #4
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2dlife pointed out to me in discussing the last entry, the prompt isn’t about trying to impress other people with one’s accomplishments. The point is to be impressed with oneself. Which I may not have been clear with with the last entry - that’s why I said the small stuff counts, too - because it’s the things you’re proud of, not what everyone else is proud of you for. (That part will come soon, when we throw wide the doors and solicit the missing bits.)
Onward, then, to number four, which involves the people that I hang around with on regular, semi-regular, and occasional bases.
#4 - I know and am friends with a diverse range of people. This diversity enriches me and makes me a better person every day of my life.
I’m proud of the people that I interact with. I have people who are atheists, monotheists, polytheists, philosophers, preachers, deviants, subversives, the married, the engaged, those who have their eyes on someone, those who have several someones already, people graduated from university, working on it, those who never got there, and those still trying to get through the morass of public education. There are teachers, scientists, crafters, theologians, composers, deejays, authors, Canadians, Americans, English, Ozzies, NZs, Israelis, and more. With such a gigantically diverse group, the points of view and the evidence being brought to bear in their support is phenomenal. It’s no struggle to learn something new every day with this crowd. And usually, by the time it’s all done, it’s more than one thing that’s been added to my knowledge. Just today I got a pretty good lesson on the ins and outs of the sport of cricket (thanks, himi!). Not that I’ll ever likely see it, but now I know. It’ll show up in some trivia game somewhere down the line, like whether or not a field goal attempt can be returned if it stays in the field of play (in American Football).
So, I’m proud of all of you. You can pat yourselves on the back and be proud of who you are.
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2dlife pointed out to me in discussing the last entry, the prompt isn’t about trying to impress other people with one’s accomplishments. The point is to be impressed with oneself. Which I may not have been clear with with the last entry - that’s why I said the small stuff counts, too - because it’s the things you’re proud of, not what everyone else is proud of you for. (That part will come soon, when we throw wide the doors and solicit the missing bits.) Onward, then, to number four, which involves the people that I hang around with on regular, semi-regular, and occasional bases.
#4 - I know and am friends with a diverse range of people. This diversity enriches me and makes me a better person every day of my life.
I’m proud of the people that I interact with. I have people who are atheists, monotheists, polytheists, philosophers, preachers, deviants, subversives, the married, the engaged, those who have their eyes on someone, those who have several someones already, people graduated from university, working on it, those who never got there, and those still trying to get through the morass of public education. There are teachers, scientists, crafters, theologians, composers, deejays, authors, Canadians, Americans, English, Ozzies, NZs, Israelis, and more. With such a gigantically diverse group, the points of view and the evidence being brought to bear in their support is phenomenal. It’s no struggle to learn something new every day with this crowd. And usually, by the time it’s all done, it’s more than one thing that’s been added to my knowledge. Just today I got a pretty good lesson on the ins and outs of the sport of cricket (thanks, himi!). Not that I’ll ever likely see it, but now I know. It’ll show up in some trivia game somewhere down the line, like whether or not a field goal attempt can be returned if it stays in the field of play (in American Football).
So, I’m proud of all of you. You can pat yourselves on the back and be proud of who you are.
