I don’t know you Ariel, but I found you googling. I had noticed lots of people were coming to my site for a post on “responding to compliments” so I thought I’d google n see how that turned out. It’s neat that others are reflecting on it and writing about it!

my 2 cents on compliments is here if you guys are interested:
http://bilyxiao.com/2008/08/compliments/

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Yeah, that definitely seems to be one way of looking at it.

Another way seems to be an approval seeking desire to constantly give compliments, yet the fact that you’re being given a compliment (assuming it’s genuine) shows that you already have some approval in the first place, ironically enough.

Glad to hear that your inner you has the answers you need as well.

Very well said! The compliment bounce-back theory is very interesting … I’ve never thought of it that way, but I do agree with you.

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I agree that the best way to respond to a compliment is to do what feels necessary at the time, to listen truly to what the inner you wants to say and then express yourself. And if you feel like spreading the love, compliment them back and put a bit of shine into someones day.

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It’s not so much “us” doing the work as it is the higher power working through “us” (not that we actually exist, but that’s another story entirely).

Thus we, as individuals, truly can’t take credit for it is God working through us which does all the creation. Thus the simple sign of appreciation without needing to go into deep theosophical explanations.

Another way to put it is there’s no taking credit for creativity. And when I’m just being clever, not creative, then no one’s likely to compliment me anyway!