I have a friend, let’s call her Isabel (cos that’s her
name), or you can call her Bez (cos that is what I call her) once you make
friends with her too, and you will want to, she is very ace here’s why.
Early last year we were having breakfast in Bez’s
favourite café in her hood when her friend Katherine came and joined our table
for a little bit. When she left I asked Bez who was still fairly new to Sydney
how she met such an awesome woman, Bez said two words – Lady Fave. And I have
been hooked ever since.
To explain this is what she posted the other week on
her faceberk page:
“Ladies, if you ever think something
nice about someone you really should voice it to that person. Even if it is a
complete stranger, just do it. You may feel a little embarrassed at first and
your kind comments may not always be appreciated but it doesn't matter. That
one nice thought that you have about someone could make their whole week. It's
called a Lady Fave and us ladies need to get amongst it and share the lady love. I frequently give Lady
Faves, even if I am in the middle of a run and dripping in sweat, I will stop
and tell someone I see if I think they look amazing or that their dress is real
pretty. I have had a super crapola day today and I just had a colleague, that I
don't even know, tell me that I looked amazing and it really made me feel
better and put a smile on my face for the first time today.”
What followed underneath
that status were 35 comments from other women offering Lady Faves to each other
and to Bez, and then promising to share the Lady Faves. It made my day to read and to share that one
little status.
We are so very quick to cut other women down, we critique
their hair, weight, fashion, food, parenting and hell even their coffee
choices! How often do you stop a stranger in the street to tell them their
dress is gorgeous or the colour they’re wearing makes their eyes stand out or
their hair look shinier, or that they’re shoes are just amazing? I’m guessing
that it happens rarely, whether we’re too scared to talk to strangers or too
busy to stop for a second or perhaps some days we’re so weighed down by the
fact that no one says anything nice to us we forget that it can feel just as
good to make another smile.
Like attracts like guys, so how about you go offer a Lady
Fave to a random person? Heck, it doesn’t even HAVE to be a lady you offer it
too, dudes like this stuff too! You may pick up! You make make a friend! Or you may just be the one
good thing in that other person’s whole day, and who knows what sort of change that
could make to someone!
And then give one to Bez too cos she's amazing.
Who knows maybe this will become a "thing"
xxpt
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