Compliments

What prevents us from receiving compliments?  I think our beliefs about ourselves, other people, and the world hold us back from accepting and acknowledging others’ approval and support.  If I don’t believe I am of worth and value, it’s very hard to take in your admiration of me.  If I distrust others’ honesty it’s almost impossible to take what you say as truth.  If I were to believe you, I might have to change my perception of myself and you.  That can be scary stuff and might rock my world. 

Despite the consequences, today I choose to listen to the feedback I receive and notice when I push away from hearing positivity about myself.  I will ask myself what belief tells me this isn’t true and is it a belief that serves me or limits me.  I will be curious about how my world may change if I actually believed what I'm being told.