Monday, November 5, 2012
Just say "You're Welcome!"
She: "Thank you for all you do."
Me: "Oh, I don't do anything."
Another She: "I like your hair."
Same Old Me (with scrunched up face): "Today was hair washing day, and I didn't wash it."
Me: "The massage you gave me took about ten pounds off of my shoulders. Thank you!"
Another She: "That's great!"
I am tired of negating what people say. I might as well be telling them that they are crazy and I don't believe them. I want to learn from the Another She that just said, "That's great!" I want to just celebrate or say "You're welcome!" when people compliment or thank me.
Here I am, wanting Dharma to immediately stop her chewing habit-of-a-lifetime, and I (so far) have not been able to stop my habit of being a poor compliment acceptor.
Maybe I need to ask people to give me treats or at least pet my hair and tell me what a good girl I am when I gracefully accept their compliments. I might learn faster that way...
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Huh! Actually it was Americans who taught me how to say 'thank you' to compliments years ago. It was a revelation.. Germans seemed to mostly politely negate a compliment. Of course, I know I'm making universal cultural statements, but that is how it was in the groups I hung out with.
ReplyDeleteAnyway, you are a terrific writer and you are a good dharma mommy.
Foam, there must have been a required class for Americans that I missed somehow. Well, bummer. A late learner once again...
DeleteAnd thank you!
OK, I see from your last comment that you are still in training! What treats do we need to give you? LOL
ReplyDeleteDancing, Michael offered to give me liver treats. That is NOT the way to get me trained! ;-)
ReplyDeleteWe can practice:
ReplyDeleteI like your blog post today!
Thomas, I'm so happy that you like the post! You're welcome for it! :-)
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