Nothing Less Than A...

My favorite 3 and a half year old has a fun new way of speaking.  And thinking.  One I think we all ought to adopt.  He started out responding to compliments with complete affirmation:

"Seth, you're so cute."

"Yes I am so tute."

Then we began to pay him what is apparently the greatest compliment of all. "Seth, you're a rock star." He likes this.  So much, in fact, that his response has changed.

"Seth, you're such a good kid."

"No. I'm a rock star."

Nothing else will do.

Is this an unhealthy way of thinking? I don't think so. I believe it might do me some good to recognize my inner rock star. Especially at times when I feel anything but awesome.

Sometimes I make mistakes at work, fail to get everything done that I plan to, allow myself to be fooled by a cute boy, gain a few pounds over the weekend or wonder why my life isn't going the way I hoped it would.  I'm not incompetent or lazy or a stupid girl or a fatty... and certainly not a failure...

I'm a rock star. 

Try it!