Something in Small Talk (occasionally)

I'm not a big small talker. If I do chat with people, it's usually very genuine. Sometimes, though, people can say the perfect things at the perfect time. Maybe that's why we need small talk with random people each day. The littlest things. Things that they may not mean anything by, but the receiver is hugely grateful. I try to keep this in mind when I say good things about people to others. I often think to myself, "the person I'm talking about needs to hear this", so I make sure to tell them.

Tonight I didn't want to go to the gym. It's Monday, and I'm tired. I spent most of the day cooking Sunday, but I didn't get as much prepping and cooking done for the week as I'd like. I've been kinda bummed with myself because I can't kick my little chocolate habit right now even though I try to teach my kids about healthy eating. And someone complimented me tonight. Complimented my cooking each week, and that all of our meals are Paleo. Complimented the fact that we have three little kids, but we are here at the gym. And, that I looked like I had it together!! That was the best. The point here is that, boy, did I need to hear that on this day! Say kind words. You may never know who needed to hear them at the time you said them. :)