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Words of Praise

1/26/10 at 09:45 am | 11 Comments

BLOG by Louise L. Hay

January 27th is National Compliments Day. Every fourth Wednesday in January is set aside each year for the purpose of sending compliments to five people you care about. Not only are the compliments appreciated by the receiver, but they also lift the spirits of the sender! Remember that compliments provide an easy way to bond with others and help heal loneliness.

When someone pays you a compliment that really feels good, ask them to put it in writing and sign it—really! Then put it on your prosperity bulletin board, or place it where you can read it often. What does the word compliment mean to you? Ask yourself these questions: 

• How emotionally open are you to receiving compliments? Do you squirm, contradict the person praising you, or try to immediately fumble for a return compliment?
• What was the best compliment you received during the past year?  
• What one compliment did you pay to someone that got a really powerful and positive response?
• What’s the nicest thing you can say to you?
• Are most of the compliments you pay in return for those given you, or do you often initiate praise?
• When someone pays you a compliment, do you believe it?
• If you had to immediately pay yourself a compliment, what would you say?
• Can you think of one compliment that had a life-changing effect on you, which caused you to take some action or move in a certain direction?
• Which five people will you compliment with gratitude this week? Let one of them be you!

Affirm: Compliments are gifts of prosperity. I have learned to accept them graciously.

Let’s share the joy,

Louise

FILED UNDER: LOVE, GRATITUDE, PROSPERITY, SELF-ESTEEM, SELF-CARE, NATIONAL COMPLIMENTS DAY

Comments (11)

• 1.
  January 26, 2010
  9:13 am

  You are a remarcable woman! Hows that for a compliment ?:P Much love, Odilia

  – Odilia Carmen
• 2.
  January 26, 2010
  10:42 am

  Thanks Louise! I'm glad to know about this holiday!! I'll spread the word (and extra compliments)

  – Lucy Anne
• 3.
  January 26, 2010
  2:31 pm

  i am touched very much by receiving graciously.i remember at he moment after a concert came a man to me ,i saw him may be from 500 meters distanz at the stage, because he had a problem to walk so it was very difficlut for him to come to me and he arrived and

  – zeynep
• 4.
  January 26, 2010
  2:32 pm

  he said with all honesty he had ,that i am a women with big courage.it feels until now wonderfull .thank you remind me .i love you zeynep

  – zeynep
• 5.
  January 27, 2010
  9:21 am

  An added benefit of genuinely complimenting someone else is the dividend of the boost to our own self esteem. Our subconscious can't tell the difference between what we say and think about others and ourselves. Thinking positively about others has the same effect as thinking positively about ourselves!

  – Valerie Curcuro, New Beginnings For You
• 6.
  January 28, 2010
  9:09 am

  I am so grateful to you. God bless you!

  – Katja
• 7.
  January 29, 2010
  12:58 pm

  I am very thankful to you Louise. Your message has changed my life. Your voice lullabies me to sleep at night. Your poise and elegance inspires my future image. I learned to love through you and I have learned to to heal myself. THANK YOU. You have changed the world of many people. One being me. Lucilight.

  – Lucia
• 8.
  January 30, 2010
  1:26 am

  I just want to make a compliment for my own self! I'm living far far away from America and I can't afford to attend to seminars and also I can't come because of my daily responsibilities and work and this and that. YET, I always read read and read and absorb and practise the things every day! So, I'm a good learner :)

  – Rana
• 9.
  January 30, 2010
  11:45 pm

  I want to record my compliments for the Noor (Light) which has guided me throughout my life and has connected me with the Wisdom, Love, Peace, Abundance, Prosperity & made me Light also being with people like Louise, Dyer and so on............................... May this Light bless us to be with it forever. Ameen

  – Shaukat Charania
• 10.
  February 7, 2010
  3:22 pm

  Yes compliments let the light shine in our souls and hearts. I will alway remember this special day from now on. Louise you have brought joy and warmth to my heart and made it start to heal with your wisdom. Thank you

  – kathy
• 11.
  February 11, 2010
  10:41 am

  Thank you so much Louise for being who you are, you are an magnificient person and you give such great inspiration to all of us. Thank you very much.

  – Brigitte