& I probably should be.
I was sitting at the bar with my mom & one of the regulars the other day and we were just having a casual conversation about our use of Metamucil. Despite this topic not really being one best suited for a restaurant, it’s also one that most people would be embarrassed by. Yet, we didn’t think anything of it.
My mom has been embarrassing me my entire life. Whether it was kissing me and screaming she loves me at the middle school drop off (which at that age was social suicide) or telling strangers embarrassing stories like the one about me peeing in the corner of our family friend’s house when I was wayyyy too old, she was always finding some way to make me look like a fool. But the result: it’s now nearly impossible for me to actually feel like a fool.
I am constantly making mistakes, being clumsy, or embarrassing myself in any way possible, yet, my response is usually to laugh it off. The stuff that makes us turn red is usually stuff that happens to everyone. & sure, some things I should filter more than I do, but I think my lack of embarrassment is what had led me to be open. To talk about things that are “awkward.” To embrace (& even flaunt) my flaws. To make me a real person.
So I encourage you to embarrass yourself more often, because like Metamucil, that shit works.
