Oh no! A showoff!

You might think, I don’t like people like that. I don’t want to be one! This might make you uncomfortable if you are used to keeping out of the spotlight.

If you consider an alternative meaning of the word, it may make more sense. Showing off your skill or achievement is similar to celebrating your skill or achievement.

Almost 3 years ago I received a black belt in Tae Kwon Do. At my age, it was quite an achievement, quite a good reason to celebrate what I had managed to do. It wasn’t that I felt that I was a great fighter or an amazing athlete, no, it was simply the joy of success and the desire to celebrate that success with the whole world.

Even now, I am writing about it and showing my achievement off to you. I am celebrating and sharing it with you. I still feel no urge to get out there and punch and kick the world.

So with your own achievements, regardless of how small they might be, celebrate them by bringing them out into the open and showing them off to the world. It’s great to meet someone who is filled with happiness because of some goal that they achieved.

It is very easy to disregard the small steps along the way as not being worthy of celebration.If you do, you could become blind to your achievements and dissatisfied with your progress.

To become a black belt you have to go through all of the colored belts first. Each one is an achievement, each one should be celebrated. On your way to becoming a black belt in the discipline you have chosen, celebrate every little success, because each one is a step closer to your goal!

Right, so now you have to become a black belt and then a showoff!