The story is told about a Psychology 101 Class that had an assignment. The assignment was to start a Compliment Club. Every day they were to pay an honest compliment to each of three different persons. They could increase that number if they wished, but to qualify for a class grade, it had to be 3. Then at the end of the 30 days they were to write a theme paper on this experiment.
Some students totally resisted this assignment. Some complained that they wouldn't know what to say. Others were afraid of being rejected. And a few thought it would be dishonest to compliment someone they didn't like. "Suppose you meet somebody you dislike, wouldn't it be insincere to praise your enemy?"
No it is not insincerity when you compliment your enemy - nobody is entirely devoid of merit or virtue. Your praise may raise the morale of lonely souls who are almost ready to give up the struggle of good deeds. You never know when your casual compliment may catch a person at the critical point when he or she would otherwise toss in the sponge!
I call it the Elevator Principle - we can lift people up or take people down in our relationships. This makes us proactive. The world is starving for appreciation and hungry for compliments. But somebody MUST start the ball rolling by speaking first and say a nice thing to someone. The Bible says "We must account for every idle word." Wouldn't you just love to make someone's day today? I sure would.
You will find as you look back upon your life that the moments when you have really lived, are the moments when you have done things in the spirit of love!
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