Jun.24.2009 at 4:02 pm | joshua
not afraid to admit, i’m awesome
i’ve been called cocky. i’ve been called full of myself. it always humors me that the people who make these judgements on me are generally the people who know me the least. ask some of my closest friends, and they’ll tell you right away that not only am i a pretty humble guy (i would even go so far as to say i am awesome at being humble, ha!) that if anything, i struggle with self esteem. i am desperate to be liked by most everyone i come into contact with. i take just about everything personally, and wear my heart on my sleeve.
all that being said… i am pretty awesome.
it’s too easy nowadays to attack people for having confidence. if we’re just talking about me (and this is my blog, so why not), there are a lot of things in life i suck at, but photography ain’t one of them. i really dig my work, and i believe it’s only a matter of time until more people do. and now that gregg and i are combined, i dig our work even more. i think part of what makes gregg and i different is we are not interested in resting on our laurels. we are not interested in continuing to do things the same way everyone else has. we are not afraid to shake things up, and we are not afraid to make a fool of ourselves trying something new. there are those that have tried to get gregg and i to tone down our “awesome” talk, but we won’t… not a chance, because frankly i’m just that proud of our work, and i am sad for those that aren’t as proud of their own.
switching gears, it’s no secret my wife and i are in a particularly rough part of our lives. we’ve had to make difficult decisions, and some difficult moral stands that most people have called us crazy for. but you know what? we are different. we are called to be different and we will not back away from that very simple truth. God doesn’t care if we’re broke, He doesn’t care if we need money, so why should i let that affect my daily decisions? and you know… i think ryanne and i are pretty awesome for sticking to our convictions through these difficult times. i’m fairly positive when we emerge on the other side of this garbage, we’re going to not only have a great story to tell, but hopefully we’ll be able to help others through similar situations.
maybe that’s the point of this whole prolonged wading through the lamesauce anyway. to give us an opportunity to learn, grow, and rely on Him and each other more.
so go ahead. toot your horn (get your mind out of the gutter.) i say be proud of what you’re great at and shout it from the rooftops. go ahead, take a moment and tell the world what you’re great at in the comments. everyone is great at something.
hugs. design. day-dreaming.
love it! we need more people in the world great at hugs :-). you should start a "free hugs" campaign.
Did you hear about the guy who did that in Sydney? Apart from being awesome, it also freaked people out quite a lot. Which was also awesome!
i know i saw video of it, not sure where it was from though.
Here's the link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vr3x_RRJdd4
I could mirror your cocky/esteem situation, but I know who I am and if people stop and read the book, their description of the cover will change.
Ok, now on to me… :-)
I'm a great husband!
I'm a great Dad!
I'm great at making people laugh.
If there is never anything other than that, I'll die a happy man.
haha. well shoot, now i feel silly for not saying "husband" first.
Ummm….. I like to sing. Does that count?
that definitely counts!
im awesome at sarcasm and making people laugh.
im a great mom. ohyesiam.
im awesome at procrastinating writing my book.
dang, this feels good!
you are exceptional at sarcasm, let's be real ;-)
and yeah, you're a pretty rad mom.
on another note…yah. back to how awesome you and ryanne are AND God… you said,
"maybe that’s the point of this whole prolonged wading through the lamesauce anyway. to give us an opportunity to learn, grow, and rely on Him and each other more."
let me tell you something… your whole "livehappy campaign came from a place of sucksauce that you chose to turn around for good. you chose to alter your perspective to choose happiness. all coming from this intense, life changing journey you and ryanne are on. by doing that, #livehappy, you inspired me to write the post that went up today, that in turn effected a lot of people to where my inbox and DM's were pouring in, in a great way! and why…because of this journey God has you on…that may or may not be about you and ryanne at all. it may very well be for someone else you dont even know. there is a domino effect to all of this. and i dont think you fully realize just how far reaching this has become. what an honor josh, for you to be a part of something that might transform someone elses life…or very well, save them.
:-)
it certainly has been a journey, no doubt about it. it's one i'm hesitant to embrace, but i'm starting to see the positive things to come out of it.
I'm struggling to find things (apart from sports and mechanics) that I'm not awesome at.
Oh wait…that could be taken the wrong way. :) "awesome at being humble" – that's me too !
Seriously (for a moment) I think the things I'm most awesome at are what I list in my Twitter bio :
worshipper. husband. songwriter. lover. singer. leader. friend. owner of freaky thumbs.
None of which includes my savvy business management skills – though I guess that's wrapped up in the leader bit, maybe.
One thing I've never been is a salesperson, especially of me. So this feels kinda dirty. I like it :)
"this feels kinda dirty. i like it :)"
mwahahaha!
see, it's fun to brag about yourself every once in a while.
the only thing that feels dirty is the "lover" part.
daaaang.
:D
eww.
trust you… :-/
I can Google like no other.. Srsly. I've pretty much made a career out of it. (IT)
When I'm feeling particularly charitable at work, I direct my staff here http://lmgtfy.com/
'Course, I'm not doing that this week :D
google ftw!
yes! that is the one i saw. i guess i didn't remember/realize it was in australia. that is suuuuch well made video.