Sometimes I'll be walking to work and see a woman wearing a really cute pair of boots or a really trendy hat or an adorable outfit. I'll see this woman and think these things, but don't always vocalize my thoughts.
I took a shower yesterday and braided my wet hair before going to bed. It dried overnight so when I shook out the braids this morning, I was left with '80s-style crimped hair just for something different.
Brent happened to call me early this morning, and before we hung up, he jokingly asked me how many compliments I had gotten on my hair (he HATES the way it looks when I do it that way). I told him - truthfully - that two people said they really liked, including one guy who went out of his way to come to my desk just to tell me he liked my hair.
And by the end of the day, the number of unprompted compliments numbered six. - including another guy who told me I looked especially nice overall. And each and every one of these compliments felt good. They always do.
That's why, in Lichtenstein, we'll be more vocal about what we're thinking when it's positive. We won't make stuff up just to compliment someone, but when that thought crosses our minds, we won't hesitate to dish it out.
The world will undoubtedly appear much sunnier.
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