Personal Growth

I decided a few months ago that I needed to learn to accept compliments. Instead of dismissing kind words from others, I simply began to say thank you. Now, I excel at such etiquette and take all compliments as my own.

Here are a couple of examples:

"What a beautiful sunset." My reply: "Thank you.

"I love African art." My reply: "Thank you."

I recommend that everyone try this. You'd be surprised how many compliments go unthanked once you start taking credit for all the good things in the world. And it feels pretty gratifying to have others acknowledge all the work that you didn't know you had done.