Have I Found One Thing I'm Good At?

I've recently noticed, and I have no idea if this is true about myself, but I've noticed that I seem to bring out the best in people. I know it's something weird to say, and you're probably thinking, doesn't everyone bring the best out in people? To that last question I will have to answer no right away, because some people seem to only bring the bad out of people, like getting people mad all the time, or simply being a bad influence on people.

But I like to believe that I bring out the good in a lot of my friends and people that I meet. I'm not saying that I change these people and they become a very good person after meeting me, no, I mean I seem to always get them to be themselves and true around me. One example of this is AA, he's an obnoxious person, and is not every nice about his grades when he compares to others, he always brags and makes people feel dumb. But with me he's always super nice, and makes sure I don't feel stupid compared to him.

Another example is a guy that I will name MA, he is very smart, and like AA, he likes to brag about his accomplishments. But when it comes to me, he would say that I am doing a good job in school and that I'm smart. Now it sounds like I'm just taking compliments from these two guys, but in truth they are also more considerate to other people when I'm with them. People have told me that on separate occasions AA and MA have been really rude to them, but when I'm with them, they are nicer.

I've also recently met a girl, ST, who is a very shy girl, who doesn't talk much. She had begun to come out of her shell so to speak, but she's really herself around me. She's not afraid to be herself with me, and we act super silly all the time. I would like to believe that part of that is due to my influence, but I know that it isn't all because of me.

So I don't know if it's simply due to the fact that people pity me, find me stupid, genuinely like me, or find me weird enough to be themselves around me, but I think that I do bring the best out of people, or at least a better version of themselves.

-J