i recently read something from a woman
writing about her life online
having a really tough day
who got the best compliment she has ever received
from a reader who she didn’t know –
‘if we were in kindergarten together,
i would have hung my coat up on the hook next to yours.’
she said it brought her to tears,
and then, great joy.
wow, i loved this compliment too.
what is the best compliment you have ever received?
—
‘a compliment is verbal sunshine.’
-robert orben, american comedy writer and magician
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I love that! What a great and beautiful thing for a stranger to say to her!
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yes!
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That’s a great compliment. The best one I ever received was after delivering a baby for a single mother when I was an EMT in London. She had gone into labour, and the baby came quickly, on the floor of the kitchen with her back against the cooker. The mother asked my name, and I was wondering if she was going to name the baby after me. But she added, “I have already chosen the name Marley for my son, after Bob Marley, so won’t be calling him after you. But I will tell Marley that he was delivered into this world by the kindest man I ever met, and that man’s name was Pete.”
Best wishes, Pete.
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oh, that’s so wonderful !
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What a wonderful thing to say to a stranger.
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when one of my nephews was really young, he told me I stunk pretty!
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ha! that’s great
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That’s so lovely ☺️
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isn’t it?
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My mum said, “I was her best second child” …
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so funny and I love that !
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A perfect compliment. It says more than it says.
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yes, I agree-
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You are my sunshine! And yes you are when I visit you in the morning ☀️💐☀️
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aw, thanks so much, val –
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A friend of mine said I have one of the most beautiful souls she knows.
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oh, wow –
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How wonderful.
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yes, and I so got this, it’s huge –
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The world needs more people like that.
Thanks for sharing Beth.
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happy to do so –
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This is a lovely compliment. The things I remember are not compliments. One teacher said there was a determination in me that’s like biting into tinfoil. Another said I looked like an angel but had black wings and a rusty halo – very rude 🖤
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wow, both of those are awful, but you became an amazing person in spite of them –
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I think I was bored in school and this a bit of a handful
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