{"id":787,"date":"2018-08-08T15:41:03","date_gmt":"2018-08-08T15:41:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.sibo.co.za\/?p=787"},"modified":"2020-03-20T12:30:11","modified_gmt":"2020-03-20T12:30:11","slug":"with-compliments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.sibo.co.za\/index.php\/2018\/08\/08\/with-compliments\/","title":{"rendered":"With Compliments"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.sibo.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Think-before-you-speak.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-714 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.sibo.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Think-before-you-speak-977x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"840\" height=\"880\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.sibo.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Think-before-you-speak-977x1024.jpg 977w, http:\/\/blog.sibo.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Think-before-you-speak-286x300.jpg 286w, http:\/\/blog.sibo.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Think-before-you-speak-768x805.jpg 768w, http:\/\/blog.sibo.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Think-before-you-speak-1200x1257.jpg 1200w, http:\/\/blog.sibo.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Think-before-you-speak.jpg 1714w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>My mum went to some or other women\u2019s thing the other day. She came home and told us about how everybody had been encouraged to say something nice to a random stranger before they all settled down for the day.<\/p>\n<p>I asked her what she meant by \u201crandom stranger\u201d. Was she talking about going up to somebody in the street or what?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDon\u2019t be silly Sibo,\u201d she replied tartly. \u201cWhy would I just go up to a person in the street and say something nice? They were talking about approaching somebody at the gathering that you didn\u2019t know. It was a safe space. The person was not going to think you were a demented lunatic for arbitrarily accosting them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAww rats!\u201d I replied, \u201cSo I can\u2019t just go up to anybody on the street and say \u2018Hey! I love your skirt.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDon\u2019t be ridiculous!\u201d Mom spluttered in outrage. \u201cThat would not be safe!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hmmm\u2026 I wasn\u2019t so sure I agreed with her, but she had a point about safety and kids approaching strangers.<\/p>\n<p>So I started thinking and came up with a good idea for Women\u2019s month\u2014August!<\/p>\n<p>So! Here\u2019s the plan people\u2026 every morning, pick a lady \/ girl at school or work\u2014or even on the bus, train or taxi if you see them regularly, and say something nice.<\/p>\n<p>Here are some examples to get you started:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u201cYou look nice today.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cOohh \u2013 I love your nails!\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cThat\u2019s a gorgeous dress\/skirt\/bag.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cYour hair looks fabulous!\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>But it has to be genuine. You can\u2019t say \u201cLove that hairstyle\u201d and then go snigger because you actually think it looks weird.\u00a0 That\u2019s not being kind. That\u2019s being horrible. Horrible is nasty\u2014don\u2019t do it.<\/p>\n<p>If you really can\u2019t think of something lovely to say \u2013 just smile. Smiles work too.<\/p>\n<p>All the bitchiness that goes on is so tiring. People (females especially) are always judging instead of supporting each other. Enough! The world is messed up enough without us making it worse.<\/p>\n<p>Be nice people. Be kinder to one another. One really doesn\u2019t know what the impact is of a few kind words on another person. It could totally brighten their day and make them feel good. How many times has it happened to you? Somebody says something nice and you think\u2026 Oh wow. That\u2019s so great to hear.<\/p>\n<p>Pay it forward people \u2013 in nice words!<\/p>\n<p>Sibo<\/p>\n<p>xxxx<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My mum went to some or other women\u2019s thing the other day. She came home and told us about how everybody had been encouraged to say something nice to a random stranger before they all settled down for the day. I asked her what she meant by \u201crandom stranger\u201d. Was she talking about going up &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.sibo.co.za\/index.php\/2018\/08\/08\/with-compliments\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;With Compliments&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[79,68,80,16],"tags":[112,181,111,182],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.sibo.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/787"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.sibo.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.sibo.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.sibo.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.sibo.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=787"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/blog.sibo.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/787\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":788,"href":"http:\/\/blog.sibo.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/787\/revisions\/788"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.sibo.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=787"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.sibo.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=787"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.sibo.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=787"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}