Compliments are not a one-size-fits-all sort of proposition. It depends upon your needs. Many days, the best compliment I’ll receive will be from my cats snuggling at the end of the day. A high approval rating for a fun interlude of petting, hugging, and play. It’s a very direct form of appreciation without any form of innuendo associated. Other times, it’s the hug from my wife, I’ve gotten it “just because.” No beguilement.
Doing boat shows and craft shows, the most sincere appreciations came from your peers and even competitors. Above all, they appreciated what went into crafting an obstinate material or an effect difficult to achieve. Sometimes a stroll through the show could send you back to your own booth to rapidly hunt for your pad of paper to write down the ideas you’d come away with.
No, compliments are not a one-size or occasion item. And we are lucky that that’s the way it is. If it were not that way, we’d rarely get what we needed.
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Absolutely. When an animal lets you in close, that says something about you.
Bear and Teddy nod in agreement. For me it’s Bear staying close to me and Teddy jumping on the sofa if I decide to take a nap. Even that they are eager to go for a walk with me is a compliment.