It's so easy

[cosmolinguist]

It’s astounding, really, to hear what someone admires in you. I don’t know why we don’t go around thoughtfully complimenting one another all the time.

I do try to thoughtfully compliment people as often as I can. Sometimes I worry about being the effusive American, about embarrassing people. (But, I now realize, I worry less than I used to!)

And, thinking about the rest of that article, I do think I fall in love easily. Mostly I've led a life safe enough that I could stay pretty vulnerable most of the time. Spending an evening like that described here sounds like lots of fun to me!

When I first read it as a teenager, I was intrigued by Heinlein's "The more you love, the more you can love — and the more intensely you love. Nor is there any limit on how many you can love. If a person had time enough, he could love all of that majority who are decent and just." He's wrong about so, so much but I still think he might be right about this.

But, having no particular time or energy for things like falling into any more love just now, though, I still like the idea of handing out thoughtful compliments all the time.

Comments

[withagreatlove]

I'm a huge believer in the power of compliments. It's a free yet transformative gift and it can really leave a mark. I quite enjoy dispensing compliments (genuine ones, of course) freely: not only does it impact the recipient but as the article suggests, it transforms the donor in the process; cultivating a little generosity in ourselves as well as our fellow human beings.
It's such a small thing that's a big thing :)

Thanks for sharing!