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Accepting Compliments

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Leigh Hurst
Jun 30, 2024
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Have you ever noticed how difficult and uncomfortable it is for people to receive a compliment? How about you? Is it difficult or uncomfortable for you to receive a compliment or a kind gesture?

Do you notice who is giving you the compliment and wonder why they are saying this to you? What goes through your mind? Are you putting up your guard right away and questioning what they want from you? Some people may feel they are being conned or manipulated somehow.

However, some people might go the complete opposite way and be naive or blind to what is really going on. Then their lesson is to be taken advantage of to bring awareness to them, so it doesn’t happen again.

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