The other day Punam said this to me and it just made me feel happy. Compliments are great and everyone needs them. Big ones, small ones, inconsequential ones, what have you. People need a certain amount of validation. A certain amount of positivity in their lives. Humans are social creatures and we need to know(and be reminded) that other humans like us.
I've noticed recently that a lot of people can't take a compliment. People shrug them off or deflect them. I don't know if it's unwanted attention or what. It's easy on Facebook to say whatever you want but when someone tells you to your face they like the way you look or like what you did onstage or whatever the automatic reply is often a deflection.
You may feel ugly or grumpy or out of sorts but if someone compliments you take it for face value. Enjoy it. Let it lift you out of the funk you're in as opposed to letting it dig you even further in it because you're sure the person is saying it just to be nice.
Sure people say things just to be nice sometimes. But if a friend or loved one compliments you more often than not it's sincere.
Soak it in.
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