Humility

Oh LORD it's hard to be humble!
When yer perfect in eeeverrreey waaaaaay
I cain't wait to look in tha mirror
Cuz I get better lookin' each daaaay!
To know me is to love me
I must be a helluva guy!
Oh Lord! It's hard to be humble!
I don't know why I even try!

For those of you who grew up without the benefit of Mac Davis songs, click here. 

popfiendissued homework during his weekly Drama Free Thursday to toot our own horns a bit.

Thus I will tootle with vigor. 

I'm sexy.  I'm smart!  I'm funny, I'm loyal, and I'm sweet. And I'm sexy. And did I mention I'm funny? Cause I'm funny.

Well hell. I'm a lot of things, most of them good in one way or another.   But I'm not always bright. How can you be smart and not bright?  Smart is in regard to facts.  Bright (in my world) is in regard to how things "fit together".   I don't make "connections" as quickly as others sometimes.  I'm the person you'll hear saying "OOOOOOOoooooooooohhhhhhhhhhhh"  as everyone else is leaving to execute "the plan".  Whatever "the plan" may be.  Sometimes that shows here when I write and complain about something over and over and then suddenly have an epiphany wherein I write the solution to my own problem.  It's those times that you say "Damn!  Is she just figuring that out?"  

Truth is, I've probably known it for some time and been in denial.  Also known by Pam Tillis fans as "De Nile", wherein she is queen.  I've said it a million times, Scarlett O'Hara is alive and well inside me, saying "I won't think about that right now. I'll think about that tomorrow."  Suddenly, it's tomorrow, and damned if shit doesn't get thought about. 

Here's an example.  Let's say a man you love has told you that he can't marry you until he has fresh bananas.  And every day you watch him drive by the grocery store.  There are fresh bananas in there every day.  But they cost money. 

And when you say "There are fresh bananas at that store right there" 
pointing your finger out the window as he drives by with you in the passenger seat, 
he says 
"Yes, but they cost too much.  I can't afford another banana right now.  I pay for several as it is, and there is no money left for fresh ones today." 
And you say "Oh."
So you ask, "Would you like me to buy you a fresh banana?"
And he answers  "No. Well yes, I would, but what if I peel it and it goes bad? This is a banana I have to buy for myself."
And you say "Oh."

How many times would you ride with him past the grocery store? 

Oh.  Oooooooooooooooooooooooooooh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!