This is my fourth post and I am already ripping off peoples blog ideas. That is a fail. My friend and roommate had a blog post today that I really enjoyed. She blogged about how she can be very critical of herself and how she is trying to love herself more. She then listed the things that she loved about herself. I think this is something that could be beneficial to everyone. We all have days where we get down on ourselves but we have to remember that while we all have our faults we are all beautiful in our own ways. Without our faults we would be boring people. Anyway taking a page out my friends book I am going to talk about the things I like about me. Physically I am a fan of my long luscious locks of hair… oh wait I am not bringing much to table in the hair department but think of the money I save in shampoo. Seriously though I think I have nice eyes. They change colors between green and blue depending on my mood and is something I get compliments on. I love that I am tall. When I walk into a room and can see over everyone’s heads it puts a smile on my face. Also like my friend I am a fan of my calves. I am not sure what that is about. Maybe it is just a weird thing with runners. I guess I am a calves snob.
Moving on to personality which is where it really counts. I think that I am someone people can count on. I like that people come to me with their problems because they know I will listen and keep my mouth shut. I don’t always know what to say but I am always there to support the people in my life. I am honest which kind of ties into the first thing I said. When people come to me they know I am going to give them an honest answer. There are some people who might actually find that to be a character flaw but any friendship built upon lies and capitulation is no friendship I want to be a part of. I like that I can get along with almost anybody. Over the last year I have met new groups of people every week and have succeeded in getting along with and helping them in what is a stressful time in their life. I like that with as many reasons as life has give me to be cynical about love I am still a hopeless romantic. I like sappy love stories. I will watch You’ve got Mail and When Harry met Sally whenever they are on T.V.
Now that I have these things out there about myself I would encourage everyone to make a list of things they like about themselves. You don’t have to post it online for the world to see. You can put it on the dashboard of your car or inside of your favorite book. It doesn’t matter but do it for you.
Another thing that I would encourage people to try is throughout their day find three things that they like about the people around them and compliment them on it. Think about how good you feel when somebody compliments you on your shirt or your hair or whatever. Spread a little bit of love around. I have not been good about doing this in the past partially because I am shy and partially because I was afraid that if it was a woman I was complimenting they would think I was just saying it in an attempt to sleep with them. Lol. First of all that is ridiculous and second of all if I was saying that in an attempt to sleep with a girl would that really be the worst thing in the world. I mean really now I can’t be single forever. Anyway back to my original point, brighten up peoples day with compliments and maybe you will brighten your own in turn.
confessions of a tall man 