Tag Archive: arrogance

Sep 22

The Miracle Challenge, day #8

This morning I got an unexpected email from my mom saying that she couldn’t sleep and her thoughts had settled on me. “I just want to tell you that I’m proud of you.”

Wow!  It meant so much to hear that come out of the blue.  And it stopped me long enough to admit to …

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Jul 21

Accepting compliments

Recently I spent an afternoon with someone who said this to me several times: “I can’t compliment you or you’ll get a big head.”

Hunh.  That took me a minute or five to digest.  What does that mean?

Eventually I realized that what he was saying had nothing to do with me — I’m pretty …

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