I’m not a very vain person. Sure, I know I have some rather nice qualities. Patience is a strongpoint, for example. But I am the type to be content with being second best. I am second best at many things: singing, playing Scrabble™, bartending. Many of us try to excel at one thing, and I admit to trying to be Numero Uno at certain things. But I realize that I can’t succeed at everything. Being second best is a good alternative for me. I don’t advocate being “good enough”, mind you. I just tend to appreciate that sometimes trying my hardest will not elevate me to the top.
I can be second best mom, after mine. I can be second best friend, second best writer (Ok, maybe seventh or eighth in that department!), second best Spanish tutor, second best cook. There is no shame in being second best, as long as I have tried for first.
The trick is to keep trying 🙂
Sithy Things 
May 24th, 2012 at 12:09 PM
Being “Runner-up” is OK, as long as one gave it one’s all. After all, it just takes one time of getting caught with their pants down (literally or figuratively) for Numero Uno to have the crown snatched away. 😉
Besides, you’re #1 in lots of people’s books. 🙂
May 24th, 2012 at 5:26 PM
Thank you! I’ll take that silver medal now 😀
May 24th, 2012 at 12:22 PM
You have a huge heart, and I don’t just mean the ones in your freezer.
May 24th, 2012 at 5:26 PM
WHO TOLD!!??
I mean, thanks for the compliment…. 😉
May 24th, 2012 at 1:00 PM
If you’re #1, everybody is trying to knock you off of your perch – just remember that Twilight Zone episode with the pool shark….
….guy was right happy to give up the top spot and get some much-needed rest –
May 24th, 2012 at 5:26 PM
HA!! That’s very true, Teresa 😀
May 24th, 2012 at 1:49 PM
you are #1 in my book
( its a book by Ed Poe!)
May 24th, 2012 at 5:28 PM
Best book ever, huh?? 😀