Acknowledgement...

Last week I was having a conversation with one of my sisters. I had mentioned to her that someone complimented on how beautiful she is. When I told her who it was that complimented, she said, "oh, I don't really know her". I responded with, "yeah, either do I, just met her in the hallway and said hello and then it went into a conversation". My sister then told me, "wow, wish I could be like you and just talk to everyone in the hallway". I laughed and said, "I figure everyone wants to be acknowledged either with a smile or a simple hello". She then said, "true".

Growing up I was shy, never really talked to anyone. I usually kept to myself. It took a long time to finally come out of that shell. By high school, I felt a little comfortable, took risks as far as trying out for teams, running for class office and things like that. I was blessed to have great friends and family members who were supportive, who helped build that self confidence.

I think to some degree, all of us want to be acknowledged...acknowledged that we exist, that our opinion matters, that we have feelings...and the list goes on and on. It's not the easiest thing to do...to smile or even say hello to someone you don't know. But you never know what that person may be going through. Something so simple could brighten their day. I know it does for me.