Compliment

Why Not?

Compliment

Why Not?

Yes, been MIA for a while. My dearest and I were gifted with extended stays in the medical system. One of us survived a broken hip, so far, and the other a nasty infection. But through the grace and mercy of our dear Master and with the assistance of prayers from all over, we are on the mend. Thank you first to God and then all who interceded for us.

When in an experience like this, I am glad I was raised in the era of the importance of ‘please and thank you’. My work experience often put me in a position to compliment and encourage others who worked, not for me, but with me, even though technically I was ‘the boss’.

To this day I am amazed at how far a simple compliment goes to making the person you are thanking happy. I do it every chance I get. In the hospital I got in hundreds if not thousands and often would fall into a conversation with the person I was grateful for their help. We talked about how people just don’t perform this common human decency.

Sign of the times from the top down in our country today.

Yet, I do see signs everywhere of people going back to pick up the habit of telling others they appreciate them. After all, we are all created in His Image and Likeness, and it is incumbent on us to be like him. As our Master told us…

Be perfect, just as you heavenly Father is perfect.

As for the ‘side effects’, it does make you feel better when you thank a person or tell them how much you are grateful for them.

The great caveat is that by operating in such a personal modus operandum, you are doing the two most important things…

1) Loving him

2) Loving all those created in His Image and Likeness

Clement

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