Looking up to someone three feet shorter than you

Today Ellis told me, "I slept for two hours --really well!" I love how as she learns to piece bits of language together to tell me something, that she is able to unabashedly praise her own achievements. I wonder how long she'll have this pure view of herself that isn't burdened with self-doubt and self-criticism. I hope it just lasts forever. I love that even though she is still learning how to do pretty much everything, she is able to celebrate all of her efforts. I realize it would be ridiculous and incredibly annoying for me to wander through life pointing out to everyone how great it was that I made it all the way up the steps without tripping once; how self-absorbed it would be to fish for your praise and attention when I turn the light switch off without any help...but wouldn't it be nice to spend more time acknowledging our own strengths and best efforts than repeatedly re-running our failures and shortcomings? Maybe you already live that way. Kudos. I too often don't. But I have a wonderful role-model so I'm getting better---see?