Compliments

Have you ever noticed how someone's face just lights up when you give them a random compliment. This morning I stopped in at Mokka, an amazing coffee shop in Columbia, for my Highlander Grog and egg sandwich. I noticed a woman standing off to the side waiting for her order, again I love Mokka but the service is sooooooo slow. She was wearing a darling blue sweater with a belt, a look that I can not pull off, and a grey pencil skirt with black heels. Darling, feminine and professional. I said " I love your skirt, her face lit up, why thank you. I got it at....."

This got me thinking, a few weeks ago during my morning boot camp class the ladies were talking about a man in town that had suddenly passed away. One of the ladies said "Well I only had to stand in line for 30 minutes to pay my respect." My comment to that was Wow, that is probably one of the HIGHEST compliments you can pay to a person, when you are willing to stand in line at someone's funeral to tell their family what a good person they were.

When is the last time you gave a random compliment to someone? It is so easy to make someone else's day, and if you are like me it makes me feel better also.

Happy Friday.