Being humble

They tell you in 12 Step rooms that you need to learn to be humble. I am a very humble person to the point that I have a very hard time accepting compliments from other people. I find it hard to accept the praise that people give me and I sometimes get embarrassed when people give me praise. As a child I did not receive a lot of praise and was always told to not get a big head so I never learned how to take pride in my accomplishments. I have slowly learned over the past 20 years how to take compliments and how to accept praise - but sometimes it is still hard. When people ask me how many years clean I have and I tell them 20 years they start to give me all this praise. I thank them for the compliments but I tell them that I am just like them - all I have is today - tomorrow is unknown. I have to keep my sobriety simple or I will go back to using. At work I continue to learn how to accept praise from my superiors and colleagues. I know that I am good at what I do - it sometimes is just hard to hear people tell me that. I am grateful for the people that are in my life and their praise and compliments help me through the hard days that we all have. My challenge for you today is to accept a compliment with no excuses or challenges to it. Just say thank you.