You Can Make a Big Difference…

A long time ago I was walking in a grocery store wearing my favourite skirt.

It was a boldly coloured skirt with many fun layers that swished when I walked and made me feel great whenever I wore it.

Out of the blue a woman rounded the corner, looked down and with a big grin and full voice said to me,
“GREAT skirt! YOU look fabulous!”.

Just like that.

I couldn’t stop smiling. What a great gift she gave me.

Since then I have passed compliments to unsuspecting women again and again.

Women affirming women. It’s simple and it’s generous and every single one of us should do it.

The other day a woman in my neighborhood was out walking her dog, I’d heard she was going through a rough time and my heart ached when I saw her tear-stained face.

As I was approaching her in the car, I slowed down, unrolled the window and boldy said,
“You are beautiful. You’re a wonderful, kind person and even though you’re sad, you need to know that you’re going to get through this”.

She was, of course taken completely off-guard and she looked shocked for a few seconds.

“Do you know that THAT is the most amazing thing you could have said? Do you know how much I needed to hear that right this second?” She asked incredulous.

“You deserve to hear good things and to be told that you are an incredible woman”.

She smiled and I drove away.

It made my day too.

If you mean it. Say it.

Do this once and you will never stop.