Note 43 things about me that boost my confidence and make me feel good about myself (but hopefully don't make me sound big headed!)

I realized this past week, after a speech that I was required to go to, that I’m a fairly serious person. I realized I’m comfortable there, but that I’m able to enjoy life anyway. Just because I’m serious, doesn’t mean that I’m not able to laugh and have a good time, too. The speech hinted that serious people aren’t able to enjoy life…and I just don’t think that’s true. I guess it just made me a little more comfortable with me.

I have to admit that I’m not very shy about my cooking skills. I have had people tell me my lasagne is better than Olive Garden and I should have a cooking tv show. Now, I know that I’m not Bobby Flay or Giada DeLaurentis, but I do feel extremely confident about my cooking. I also know where my weaknesses lie, and try to improve upon those. My creativity is pretty good, too. I once did a very good meal out of things that my mother had in her kitchen, that later, she said she never would have thought of. In fact, last night I wanted something relatively healthy and remembered I had some chicken/vegetable gravy left-over and thought about doing turkey pot pies. It turned out well, and even better than I’d imagined. The gravy, also is one of those areas that I was weak in and finally mastered the process this week.

I think this is what has been very important for me in my being able to have patience and kindness with most people/situations.

The only times I’m not able to do this is like when people do things to betray one another. I always have a hard time with that. I cannot understand that type of behavior and don’t tolerate it very well, either.