Realizations: On boasting and braggarts

• Those who legitimately have something to brag about, are usually the ones who stay quiet. 
• In line with that, I think that when things are going really really great, one has no need AT ALL anymore, to boast about it. Bragging is ego boosting; the need to reassure one’s self that the grandest is theirs. And that is only because they are not really assured/secure.
• But what is the point of being assured that the best is yours? Does it give you such a high that there are so many others “below” you?
• There are many kinds of bragging. I don’t hate all of them. In fact, I sincerely applaud those who are just gratefully proud. Those who speak of accomplishments and good fortune while acknowledging that it was not all them. That luck and chance and the Universe and God played a big part in it too.
• I excuse those who brag only with the intention of shaming arrogant people and giving them a dose of their own medicine.
• I really do not like it when people act as if they are the center of the universe. Those who connect every event and happenstance to them and their lives. 
• I applaud people who speak without an underlying tone of “I’m better than you” or “See how great my life is?” 
• I commend people who downplay their own achievements because they have no desire to be envied. These people are second to none in magnanimity.