http://buildingmywings.com/2009/11/10/on-receiving/ "You've got to jump off cliffs all the time and build your wings on the way down." - Ray Bradbury Fri, 27 Aug 2010 00:02:04 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://buildingmywings.com/2009/11/10/on-receiving/#comment-68 Melissa Wed, 11 Nov 2009 04:21:33 +0000 http://buildingmywings.com/?p=258#comment-68 Good for you for letting yourself receive! It's such a valuable thing to learn to do, both for acts of love/generosity, and verbal compliments/validations. I've given a compliment only to have the recipient completely invalidate my sentiment - "Oh, I SUCKED!" Ouch! It's like a slap in the face. It has been a difficult, but oh-so-useful lesson for me to learn to just say "thank you" and then bite my tongue. :) Good for you for letting yourself receive! It’s such a valuable thing to learn to do, both for acts of love/generosity, and verbal compliments/validations. I’ve given a compliment only to have the recipient completely invalidate my sentiment – “Oh, I SUCKED!” Ouch! It’s like a slap in the face. It has been a difficult, but oh-so-useful lesson for me to learn to just say “thank you” and then bite my tongue. :)

]]> http://buildingmywings.com/2009/11/10/on-receiving/#comment-67 Robyn Miller Wed, 11 Nov 2009 04:02:03 +0000 http://buildingmywings.com/?p=258#comment-67 Been there, still learning to just take it and say thank you. I'm sure I've offended more than one person in my life because I didn't take their offer. Been there, still learning to just take it and say thank you. I’m sure I’ve offended more than one person in my life because I didn’t take their offer.

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