Cybrarian

One element we struggle with as a society, I believe, is graciousness. Many times when given a compliment I mentally have to remind myself to smile and say "thank you". It seems most of us have that knee jerk reaction to belittle ourselves, our efforts, or our possessions-whatever is being complimented. What I remind myself is that when I belittle someone's compliment I'm basically saying, at the very least: "Wow you really have no taste do you?" Because that's how I feel when I give a sincere compliment and the response is to belittle what I've said. We just need to remind ourselves "smile and say thank you, smile and say thank you".