For my Christmas gift this year, I want to you tell me one (or more) of the things that make you great. Serious things--none of this "I am excellent at ignoring my housework" or "I beat my child better than anyone around." No back-handed compliments this time. Unlurk yourself.
I'll start:
I am really, truly good at serving others. I just am. Even when I don't want to, even when I wish I wasn't doing it, I serve others. And I am good at it.
Your turn.
Sunday, December 21, 2008
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Ohhh a chance to brag. Ok, I'll bite. I'm wicked good at languages and communicating. I can do other things sure, but that is the thing that I know I've been blessed to be good at, and see on a daily basis.
That and teaching my mother-in-law that dunking her oreos in milk is a good idea.
I'm loyal. If we're friends, I'll stick with you forever.
I can't wait to see what everyone says.
I am compassionate. I have a very large, very tender heart, which means I cry like a freaking baby at sad movies and can hardly stand to see homeless people. It also means I am generous and try to give freely whenever I can.
We went to the pet store the other day and saw some of the rescued dogs, and I had to leave because I was crying so hard. I'm compassionately deranged.
I am good at considering others' feelings, seeing both sides of an issue, and making people laugh.
(and that was damn hard...Merry Christmas!)
I'm great at learning new things. There's not much that I can't pick up (car maintenance excepted) with a little time and trial and error. My head is really loaded with useless knowledge.
I'm really poor at compassion and all of those empathetic virtues. It's bad but I just don't do them very well.
I'm with Cabesh here - loyal. I am generous to those I'm loyal to. But... it's a weakness too... I don't take betrayal lightly.
Wow. This is so much harder than the back-handed stuff.
I write. Well. When I sit down to it, I have a knack for words and how they sound when combined.
I also have a compassionate and generous heart. Like Fig, I can't stand to see someone homeless. I worry about starving children in Africa. I'd rather give than get any day.
I teach a fantastic Relief Society lesson. I can actually make a woman happy she showed up that day.
Whew, I actually feel nervous and have butterflies in my stomach.
Merry Christmas!
I'm a great reader of people feelings. Intuitive, I guess.
I'm a great step mom.
I have a knack for picking really awesome friends.
I am a very loyal friend. You want me on your team.
I love my kids. I am hopelessly in love with them, I love being with them, and I don't like being away from them. I am able to see that I don't have much time until they are grown and gone, and I love every single day with them. I'm good at loving and being with my kids.
What a nice idea.
I'm a good fun-maker. If something is lame I can spice it up in a heartbeat and we'll all leave laughing. This is good for oft-dreary things like missions, boring jobs and diapers and sometimes bad for things like the law, but I like that about me.
I agree with b. on the hardness part and with what everyone (at least those I know---but I believe those I don't know) said about themselves and then some.
I'm good at being a cup-half-full kind of girl. Some days that's easier than others, but I'm working hard to hang on to that right now.
I'm good at finding the humor in situations.
I don't take myself too seriously.
I'm good with babies.
So, I didn't resopnd to this at first because i couldn't think of anything that didn't sound totally trite. but ti hit me yesterday- I make Really great chocolate chip cookies! In fact I make lots of really yummy stuff in my kitchen. My waistline is ample evidence of this fact. I am also a good listener and I can tell when someone is in need of a hug and listening ear, even when they don't think they do... especially when they don't think they do.
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