I have to constantly remind myself that is okay to give complements to people. I’m someone who doesn’t know how to accept complements and feel very awkward (like I didn’t deserved it), but then I remember how good it feels to be complemented and remember it must be nice to make people feel that way.
For example: Once someone call me “Sweetheart” here on Tumblr (I like leaving comments on people’s posts, especially in fanfictions bc is something that takes literally 2 minutes and as someone who likes to write I know how demanding it is) and I was like “OMG, I can’t believe this person thinks I’m a sweetheart” and felt really happy and really good, so I’m writing this as a promise to myself that I will say nice things and complement people more often. It doesn’t matter if it’s saying something nice about their clothes or complementing their smile. And it also doesn’t matter if I’m scared that they gonna be rude to me or if I’m scared of being inconvenient.
The world can be a cruel place but in a world of mean people I refuse to let myself become a cold person because of this. In a world of mean people I’m gonna allowed myself to be a good and gentle person, even if I’m scared of getting hurt.