Toot, Toot!

"I talk like this cuz I can back it up...I walk like this cuz I can back it up..."

I love this song...it's on Beyonce's latest I Am...Sasha Fierce album. It may sound like Beyonce is just tooting her horn but I think it's an anthem that all women should sing before they leave the house in the morning. I really don't think it's that bad to toot your own horn every once in awhile. I listen to this song while I'm getting dressed and it reminds me that I'm created for purpose, I'm beautiful and that it's ok for me to say so.

Grant it, there's a balance. I don't go around chanting "I'm all that and a bag of Doritos." And whether or not I believe that is irrelevant in this conversation but my point is to say you can have an ego (I mean, we all do) and be humble all at the same time. You may not be playing the song "Ego" in the morning when you're getting dressed but everyone plays a song whether or not in the literal sense. Some people play the "I wish I were skinnier" tune, or may that hit song "If I had more money I'd be happy" tune or even "I hate my job" tune. See...I told you...we all have a tune that we play everyday. And the tune you play sets the tone of your day...and I came up with that one all by myself...lol.

So what are the benefits of tooting your own horn?

1. If you don't toot it, no one is going to do it for you.
Everyone wants their horned squeezed and therefore everyone is out there wanting to be affirmed. But honestly you can't look to other people to build you up. It's nice when it happens and I actually take joy in building people up but you can wait and expect that to happen for yourself.

2. When you have made a decision and said you are "the stuff" it shows in all that you do.
That glow that women have, that strut in their walk all comes from self-confidence and simply from tooting their own horn.

3. When you believe in you, others will too. Enough said. When you second guess yourself, others will too. Insecurity is one of the easiest things to detect about someone and it is not attractive. But when you are secure in you, people automatically gravitate toward such an individual.

I know that everything I am, have and will be and will have is only to the glory of God. But the last thing I willingfully choose to do is complain and criticize about me...the handiwork of God. By all means sing, "I gotta huge ego!" Sing it loud and proud. Even if it is in faith...because it's true and soon if you keep singing it, you'll believe it.