Allowing Myself a Little Pride

I'm going to allow myself a little pride in this post.  I never really let myself build myself up (not that I knock myself down) as I'd rather spend the time looking for ways to make others look better.  In the last few years I've been recognized, been awarded, and been a finalist for quite a few awards, but I never really feel as if I deserve or earn them because I figure there's probably someone out there who is better than me.  I've realized lately that I think that because of all the things I do to earn these recognitions they really don't seem that amazing or all that difficult to me, they're all things that I'm supposed to be doing anyways and they all seem fairly simple or easy to me.  In talking to friends about these things, they all seem pretty impressed but also confused that I'm not impressed myself.  With all of these conversations and my friends trying to convince me that I'm pretty hot stuff, I realized that I kinda am.  These things that come so easily to me are things that other people don't think are easy.  I've seen this in more than just school, but life in general.  Math comes fairly easy to me.  I can understand difficult concepts fairly well.  I know how to do physical tasks.  I was taught and I remember some somewhat random things.  I get frustrated with people sometimes because I don't realize that what comes so easy for me isn't always so easy for others.  I think it helps when I look at things that are difficult for me but seem to come so easily to others.