Thursday, April 26, 2012

best advice ever

"if your friends don't compliment you, then you don't need them" 
bobby joe hall jr

this is probably the best advice i have ever been given and i still remember it years later.

i think as women (some men too) that whenever someone else succeeds  (looking good, losing weight, cute outfit, promotion, good man, great kids, nice house, nice car......etc) that we take it as a direct threat, as if there is only so much happiness to go around.  We immediately feel as if we must find some kind of flaw, picking apart their life like a vulture. 

i know, because i used to be this person. I once saw my bff and she looked so good that i spent the entire conversation admiring how put together she was, how great she looked, and (to be truthful being a little envious) i never told her.  I later asked myself, why i kept that information to myself.  I now try and compliment someone when i think something positive about them.  Try this and you will be amazed at how you make their smile a little bigger, how you give some pep to their step.  I came in on Monday and one of the girls was vacuuming the foyer.  I stopped and told her how much i liked her makeup lately, she was very appreciative and seemed a little better for it.   Why did i take three days to tell her, who knows. 

Promise Yourself ...
To be so strong that nothing can disturb your peace of mind.
To talk health, happiness and prosperity to every person you meet.
To make all your friends feel that there is something in them.
To look at the sunny side of everything and make your optimism come true.
To think only of the best, to work only for the best, and to expect
only the best.
To be just as enthusiastic about the success of others as you are about your own.
To forget the mistakes of the past and press on to the greater achievements of the future.
To wear a cheerful countenance at all times and give every living creature you meet a smile.
To give so much time to the improvement of yourself that you have no time to criticize others.
To be too large for worry, too noble for anger, too strong for fear, and too happy to permit the presence of trouble.
 

this is the creed of the optimist, i think the world would be a better place if we all practiced this. 



1 comment:

  1. Love this post. Whenever I go to Walmart or am out and see someone working so hard with little payoff...I try to leave them with a compliment. Maybe it makes their day a little better!

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