We’re not great at receiving compliments.
If we’re told we have nice shoes we’ll quickly start rambling about how old they are. If someone tells us we’re pretty, we’d rather say ‘oh, no. Don’t be silly’ than ‘thank you’.
But you know what? Sometimes we really, really need to hear something good about ourselves. And just sit back and quietly accept it.
Shea Glover, a student at a performing arts school in Chicago, was filming a project on beauty for one of her classes when she noticed something unexpected. The reactions people had to being told they were beautiful were more interesting than the initial project.
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