Make Somebody’s Day

I was walking through town today when my faith in humanity got restored. My day was made by a stranger.

I often feel as though it’s a monstrous world that we live in, but I guess that’s negative thinking. A girl, who seemed to be just a few years older than me, was standing in front of me in the queue. I noticed her looking at me over the pile of clothes I was struggling to carry in my hands. I felt slightly apprehensive at first, she seemed anxious before turning around to compliment me on my “beautiful smile” and went on to tell me that it “uplifted her bad mood” (I’m not making it up, I promise). Hearing that made my day. Not only did this lovely lady utterly flatter me, but she built my confidence and made me feel on top of the world for the remainder of the day.

We often try to tell ourselves that we don’t need to be complimented to feel good about ourselves but the truth is most of us are often in denial. It’s so satisfying being complimented, particularly by a stranger, it just tells you that you stand out from a crowd. For somebody you have never seen before to notice a feature about you and to compliment it, is extremely confidence boosting. It’s just a shame that it doesn’t happen more often. But why do we avoid doing this?

To start with we live in fear of rejection, the question running through our minds when debating whether to tell that girl that her hair looks good isn’t “I wonder how good ill make her feel?”, but rather, “what if she thinks I’m weird?”. We assume that complimenting a stranger is looked down upon and not socially acceptable or in fact a normal thing to do.

Don’t hold back from telling somebody that you love their outfit, or the way that they did their makeup today. Why would you wait to avoid making somebody feel good about themselves? Giving them confidence, even if it is just for the rest of that day, is a positive way of life. The most attractive trait a person can possess is confidence, and it is the key to everything.

It’s true what they say, you learn a life lesson everyday. Today I realised that complimenting people on something that you notice about them can have an impact on the rest of their day, if not the rest of their life. If somebody tells you something once that makes you feel amazing within yourself, you are going to remember that conversation for a very long time.

Why don’t you go ahead and make somebody’s day today?