I REALLY HAVE TO...'COMPLIMENT'...THIS ORANGE LILY, THAT I BOUGHT AT A YARD SALE. WE...'OFTEN'...FORGET TO COMPLIMENT EACH OTHER/OUR CHILDREN/OUR PARENTS AND IT'S SOOOOOOOO EASY TO DO...DOESN'T COST YOU ANY MONEY...BUT THE RECIPIENT FEELS SO...'APPRECIATIVE'...AND THE...'GIVER'...IS SO DELIGHTED AT THE REACTION/BECAUSE HE/SHE DID SOMETHING...'NICE'...FOR A CHANGE///////HOLD IT! BY NOW WE CAN ...'RECOGNIZE'...YOUR ...'SARCASM'...ALMOST IMMEDIATELY! 'YOU ARE...GIFTED ...WITH YOUR SARCASM' (WHY THANKS! FOR THE COMPLIMENT! WAIT A MINUTE...I DON'T THINK THAT CAME FROM YOUR HEART/HMMMMMMMM. A TRUE COMPLIMENT SHOULD BE...'NICE AND APPRECIATIVE'...FOR SOMETHING SOMEONE HAS DONE. THAT'S ALL/WE CAN NEVER RECEIVE...'ENOUGH'...COMPLIMENTS AND WHEN [AND IF] YOU DO YOU WILL LEARN TO SAY: 'THANK YOU! IT'S SOOOOOOOO SIMPLE TO DO AND YET WE...'FORGET'...ESPECIALLY WHEN WE/THEY ARE YOUNG...IT SEEMS TO BE MUCH MORE...'IMPORTANT!' IF YOU...'CRITICIZE SOMEONE, MORE THAN YOU...'COMPLIMENT'...THEM/SOME WILL JUST...'GIVE UP!'...FOR YOU ARE: HARD TO PLEASE/NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TO PLEASE/OR FINALLY: 'IMPOSSIBLE TO PLEASE!' TRYING TO PLEASE YOUR EMPLOYER/FRIENDS/PARENT...IS NOT ALWAYS SO EASY TO DO...BUT MANY OF US KEEP TRYING!! [A PEOPLE-PLEASER...ALWAYS WANTS TO BE...'INCLUDED'...AND MAY HAVE A HABIT OF SAYING ...'THINGS'...THAT HAVE NO MEANING/INSECURE REMARKS THAT THEY REALLY COULD NOT MEAN.) THE OLDER YOU WILL GET...THE LESS YOU WILL NEED FOR YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE. PARENTS/FRIENDS/EMPLOYERS...ARE YOU LISTENING?? WE ALL NEED A NICE COMPLIMENT...EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE...FOR IT CREATES A SMILE...AND ALSO A FEELING THAT: 'SOMEONE NOTICED THE THINGS YOU HAVE DONE.' #####I HAVE A ...'SINCERE'...COMPLIMENT FOR THESE FLOWERS. I KNEW THEY WERE THERE...BUT WITH THE SHORE...'PUSHED UP'...SO MUCH, I KNEW THEY WERE...'BURIED'...DOWN DEEP. I THOUGHT (LIKE MANY PARENTS DO) I COULD HELP THEM OUT...GET THEM OUT OF THE TROUBLE THEY WERE IN...AND DIG DOWN...AND FIND THEM/BUTTTTTTTTTTT!) I KNEW THEY WERE STRONG...I KNEW THEY COULD DO IT ON THEIR OWN...IF I LEFT THEM ALONE...NOT BOTHERING THEM WITH ALL THIS...'ADVICE'...ON HOW TO GET OUT OF THIS MESS...THEY WOULD: 'FIGURE IT OUT ON THEIR OWN.' WE SOMETIMES NEED TO...'RESCUE THEM'...BUT NOT EVERY TIME. WE ALL LEARN BY THE ...'SITUATIONS'...WE MANAGE TO GET OURSELVES INTO...AND NEED TO FIGURE OUT AN ANSWER...BY OURSELVES/SOMETIMES. I NEVER GAVE UP ON THESE FLOWERS...I KNEW THAT IF THEY...'KEPT TRYING/NEVER GIVING UP'...THEY WOULD MAKE IT THROUGH THAT...'SANDY SOIL'...AND ONE DAY: 'BLOOM IN ALL THEIR GLORY!' MANY THOUGHT: THEY WILL NOT...'MAKE IT ON THEIR OWN'...BUT I HAD...'FAITH IN THEM'...AND THEY...'OBVIOUSLY'...HAD FAITH IN THEMSELVES AND I AM PROUD TO SAY: 'THEY DID IT ON THEIR OWN...AND I COMPLIMENTED THEM...FOR THE...'STRUGGLE'...THAT GAVE THEM THE: 'DETERMINATION TO MAKE IT TO THE TOP...AND BLOOM/FOR ALL TO SEE! CAROLE E 3:28 PM IT IS NOW 2 PM...I SLEPT LATE...THUNDER/RAIN...NO TENNIS...I HAVE GATHERED THE JEWELRY I WILL TAKE TOMORROW (I WONDER IF I CAN SET UP LATER??/WHO KNOWS UNLESS YOU ASK? RIGHT?) PICTURES TAKEN OF: QUOTES/RAIN/FLOWERS CAROLE E

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