insults...

Here is what a kindergardener said to me today as I walked her back to class:
"Your hair might look pretty if you straightened it!"

I agreed....

It does look a TON better straight! But I just don't have the time to do it... so it gets washed and worn. Well... that and I'm lazy... :)

LATER that day... on my way down the hall, another girl who is in 1st grade said:
"I really like your hair today Mrs. White"

Now... the first thing that popped in my mind was (sorry): "Kiss-up!" haha...

Anyway.. then on my way home I was thinking about how easy it is to take to heart the mean/or oh so truthful things people say to us, yet toss the compliments aside (kiss-up). Like... I remember in high school someone "mooing" at me.. (I think it was at me) and it tearing me apart. As much as I try and let it go.. it is still in my mind. But those compliments that others have paid me.. They are hard to remember. Not that they don't happen.. they are just harder to remember. WHICH ALSO makes me think about my words and the impact they have on others. I really need to seek out positive and encouraging things to say... try and bombard people's minds with positive things so that they don't forget that they are one of God's most amazing gifts to this earth! :)

Share a compliment you got lately... it's not bragging... it's sharing the positive!