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Say It In The First Place I’ve been told many things in my lifetime I’ve been told a lot of things about myself, too some are good things, same are bad and I’m getting used to hearing all the comments. But when a stranger tells you every day that you’re well, beautiful, don’t you think that there’s a line being crossed? This is one of the things I think about. Why are you telling me this? How is this supposed to make me feel? Do I even know you? What are you supposed to say to some stranger when they compliment you daily. Do you ignore them? Do you hope it will go away? Maybe it won’t. Maybe you should just compliment them back, maybe then they’ll realize how silly it was to even say it in the first place. Copyright Janet Kuypers. All rights reserved. No material may be reprinted without express permission.