Patting Your Own Back

When I was younger I was one of the biggest showboats imaginable. When I did something deemed "good" I would be the first one to tell you about it. Now, I'm not completely out of this habit, I do love bragging to my nephews that my NFL team is undefeated this year and their's aren't and at times I am still slightly guilty of tooting my own horn  but that's pretty much the extent of it, most of the time I tend to makes jokes about how un-acomplished I am. When I was younger I would would not let my brag-fest stop and my mom always told me that it is so much better to let someone else pat you on the back rather than doing it yourself all the time. 

This generation is a weird one and I'm part of it. We dress our kids cute and we post a picture of it on Instagram for others to see. We have a great thought and we share it as our Facebook status for our social media friends to look at. I actually like that... I like being able to see that 'so&so' that I graduated from high school with just had her third child or the guy I sat next to during my freshman biology class at USU graduated with high honors. I like being happy for other people's happiness but their is a thin line between boasting and letting people share your happiness... like, people get tired of hearing how great you think you are and they start to wonder if your arm is tired from reaching all of the time to pat your own back. 

I don't know why that has been on my mind so much lately... I was at my parents house and this subject got brought up and my family discussed it and it has been something that has been glued to the back of my brain. I guess it took me a lot of years and growing up for me to realize the life lessons my mom taught me were actually pretty important. I wish I would have listened when she basically was saying kindly to me that I look like a jackass when I do that....I wish I would have taken to heart more of what she would tell me because I still have so dang much to learn.

XO:

Ashlynn&Boston

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