The other day, I was at the market and someone gave me a really nice compliment. I then preceded to get weird about it, which pretty much turned it into an awkward situation for the both of us.
Later on, I wondered why I didn’t just take the compliment and say thank you. It’s simple, there are no strings attached and you (and the person complimenting) feel good about the interaction.
I can get into the whole self esteem thing and all that jazz, but I wont. I’ll just say this, if someone is giving you a compliment, just take it… It feels better for everyone involved.
Sketchbook Sunday #SBS
For some reason, compliments are more difficult to accept than criticism.
True, but only because we’re used to it being that way… and rarely compliment ourselves. I think we should all work on being nicer to ourselves and complimenting us and others a lot more 😊