People surprise me.
I was paid a huge compliment today as one of my favorite captains and I stood outside a CRJ900, chatting.
I was flabbergasted. I had no idea what to say. I couldn't even muster a "thank you." Instead I just stood there giggling like a jackass. I tried, unsuccessfully, to steer the conversation away from the subject at hand, but ended up only able to focus on another portion of the same conversation, still focusing on me.
I can't begin to explain how uncomfortable I made myself feel. It wasn't the Captain, it was me. Apparently I still need to learn how to take a compliment.
Only - it wasn't a compliment on something I had achieved. It was a compliment on something I had survived. How do you gracefully take something like that? I was just lucky to survive. I wasn't amazing for having done it. I was just lucky.
But, for what it's worth, thank you.
People surprise me.
Sometimes, I surprise me too.
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