Your Declaration!

by Kris Pitcher

I saw a declaration the other day which read, "I am the greatest Grandma in the world." You might have guessed it wrapped a license plate. This is one confident woman. It didn't read, greatest Grandma. It declared in the entire world. That's a lot of Grandma's.

I would imagine there would be a lot of competition for that position. Grandma's are by definition pretty great. Each of us is likely partial to our own. But what I loved about this was her unabashed way of shouting it out to the rest of us.

In general, we aren't too good at tooting our own horn. We are modest. We don't brag. We reject compliments. We even discredit praise. Why do we do that?

Our insecurities have chipped away at us over time and pushed down our ability to declare our greatness. Society tells us we shouldn't be boastful or conceded. But what's wrong with thinking we're good at something? Great even?

We should celebrate what we're good at and be able to accept a compliment about it. We should be able to declare it to the world. Certainly there is balance and grace involved. But there's nothing worse than trying to compliment someone who will not take it.

So what will you declare? What are you great at? What are you known for? How do you take compliments? I'd love to see more confident women sharing and supporting one another in greatness. You don't have to wrap your license plate with it...but let me hear your declaration!