She said it so matter-of-fact.
Just as she might say, "Sometimes I like red and sometimes I like blue."
There was no sense of uneasiness or degradation.
Just a statement of what she thought.
Perhaps she was just repeating words, not fully understanding, but in that moment she was wise beyond her years.
She was teaching by example.
I too can sometimes be nice and sometimes I can do stupid things.
But unlike her I handle it differently.
Usually if I do something nice I do not acknowledge it.
I am not talking in a prideful way, but I do not recognize it at all.
I downplay it, as,"Oh, it was nothing".
And I would not find myself using the word 'nice' to describe myself.
It would seem too self-centered, too selfish.
But is it really?
Why is it so hard to state a fact and just leave it at that?
And sometimes I do do stupid things.
Defined as: foolish; senseless.
And boy do I acknowledge that.
Every bit of it.
I might even bring up past events just in case I may have any doubts or have forgotten.
It would seem too self-centered, too selfish not to.
But is it really?
Why is it so hard to state a fact and just leave it at that?
Sometimes I am learned and sometimes I am still learning.
"The teacher who is indeed wise does not bid you to enter the house of his wisdom but rather leads you to the threshold of your mind." ~Kahlil Gibran
"Too many people overvalue what they are not and undervalue what they are." ~Malcolm S. Forbes
