Unusual Channel
When something nice is said
Would you rather be right or happy? I have learned something from my weekend sojourn. Though it was a short one and most of it was spent at home with my hubby and two cutie sons, nevertheless it was a refreshing break from all the inner struggles I've been feeling all week. I learned that when we say something nice or compliment other people, one receives an extra surge of energy. Energy that is positive and energy that makes us happy and keeps us smiling all day. I learned that if I lift people off the ground by complimenting them they are like balloons full of helium going up, up, up and away. Saying something nice uplifts a troubled heart or a problematic mind of a person. I learned that when we motivate others with our kind words, we sort of empower them and encourage them to face whatever challenge rather than submit to any form of fear. I have learned also that in giving compliments, it should be given sincerely not just for the sake of giving it or the so-called, 'lip service' to suck up to someone. For the positive energy to work, no false compliments allowed, please!!!!
I also learned that a simple compliment can inspire a person to do more for something less. A compliment given to a person will inspire him/her to do better and share whatever talents he/she has to anyone and the world perhaps if given a chance. Saying something nice to someone is a small thing really and it's no great shakes, but it is in the small things that big things happen. It is the small things in life that truly help us to feel empowered. I believe in empowerment. Employee empowerment, women/men empowerment, children being empowered by parents, even wife empowerment. I have high regard for people who empower other people. It speaks so much of 'giving oneself without condition', of being unselfish, jeez, that is so hard to find these days! God Himself empowered us to do what is best for us. We were given free will to begin with. The free will that enabled us to choose between good and evil. Have you chosen effortlessly? That's for me to find out and for you to know!
Last week I wrote about a pet peeve... my pet peeve number one-a fault finder! Well, no positive energy there so what to do? In one of my email thingies sent to me, there is this exercise being suggested. It is not a physical exercise, nor a mental exercise to lose weight or what not. It is an exercise to strengthen our E.Q. (why do you think it was named for a local diaper? Go figure!) The exercise is simple...set aside one week to give out three genuine compliments a day, and watch how this changes the level of enthusiasm you feel toward yourself and others. I say simple because all it takes is a good and sincere heart to enable you to give at least three compliments a day. Hah! Be challenged it's a good one! Oh, by the way, the reward is great too. How about the biggest smile you'll receive every time you compliment someone? Isn't that reward enough? I don't know about you but it's something absolute for me other than Absolut vodka!!!
One last thing, don't forget to say thank you when compliments are sent your way. When we circulate our thanks and our compliments, the world becomes a better place to live in. Did I just say something positive just now?
'Nothing makes you like other human beings so much as doing things for them.'