Compliments are complimentary...

Dan over at Gone Mild has written yet another nice post about me. I should put him in charge of authoring my campaign literature. I've never been very good at receiving compliments, but then who is? It reddens the face a bit to have someone extolling your virtues. I think it's important, especially during the Christmas season to keep things in perspective. I've always lived by the credo that no matter how good you may think you are, how talented, how smart, how whatever, there's always somebody better. That's a good thing. It keeps me motivated, and it gives me hope. For example, I met up with a friend of mine after the AIA mayoral forum. She and I walked over to John's Top Deck to recap what we had just seen. She and her husband volunteer with the Mid-America Bully Breed Rescue organization. They shelter dogs, work tirelessly to educate public officials on the folly of Breed Specific Legislation, and just generally look out for the welfare of our four-legged friends. I asked her where her husband was that night. Her reply? He was off teaching underprivileged children how to read.... I laughed and asked her if the glow from his halo kept her awake at night. That's the beauty of running a grass roots campaign. Not only do you make a lot of new friends, you get to meet a lot of people who are better than you. And that, I think, is a very good thing.