Feel Good About Giving Out Compliments

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One way to get on someone's good side and make them feel good is to give out compliments. But, the compliments need to be real, not just made up for the sake of complimenting someone. If you compliment someone for something that really deserves one, you will make that person feel good and you yourself will feel good about it.

Everyone likes to be complimented about things they have done, it helps boost the ego. When dating, giving compliments is smart when they are deserved as long as they are truly from the heart. Think of them as ego boosters or little gifts but you should not expect anything in return.

Make the compliment specific, point out something they did, something they are wearing or something specific about them. Then add to the complement why you think so. Example would be something like: Your new glasses look great, followed up with, they go really good with your hair color or eyes.

For many, giving a compliment is not easy. You can feel kind of awkward or shy about it. But if the other person is someone close, you should have no problem. If you want to use a compliment as means of breaking the ice with a man, go ahead, but make sure you make the compliment on something real about him that truly catches your eye.

So go ahead and start giving out those compliments were they are deserved and make you and the receiver feel good about yourselves.

Halloween Events For Kids

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Halloween is a fun holiday. Unlike Christmas or Easter, which are inherently family and faith related, Halloween is just for fun. We let our imaginations run free with costumes, give out candy and throw parties just for the sake of dressing up in costume. Halloween starts long before October 31st these days, as evidenced by the Halloween stores that open up at the beginning of September. So what kind of fun things can you do for Halloween?

Trick or Treating

Trick-or-treating is fun for the youngest kids - typically up to about 12 years old. Kids get dressed up in their costumes on Halloween evening and knock on doors in the neighborhood. Neighbors give out treats, usually candy, to the trick-or-treaters. Parents almost always accompany young kids on their rounds. If you don't live in a neighborhood that's good for activities like this, you can go trick-or-treating at a local shopping center or a more family-friendly neighborhood.

Handing out Candy

For trick-or-treating to work, someone needs to be home to hand out the candy. Many people just turn the porch light on to let trick-or-treaters know that this house is participating. But some folks go so far as to decorate their house and visitors. Older trick-or-treaters love this and often visit these haunted houses multiple times on Halloween. It's a good idea to have a way to clue the ghouls in when there's a young visitor so they can go easy on the scares.

Haunted Houses

Kids, especially older kids and teenagers loved these haunted houses so much that a new business was born. Companies rent space, often in a retail center, to operate a haunted house for which they charge an entry fee. They can get very elaborate, including back stories, themes and sets and characters designed to frighten visitors. Customers usually pay a fee to go through the Haunted House. Variations include tours through historic districts and "haunted woods". Many of these haunted houses operate on Friday and Saturday evenings through October.

Pumpkin Patches

Don't forget the ever-popular Jack-O-Lantern carving. You can get your pumpkin at the local supermarket, or you can go to a pumpkin patch. Many pumpkin patches have turned their outdoor markets into entertainment centers for small children. Bring your camera to take pictures of the kids in the bounce houses, riding ponies and getting their faces painted. It's a great way to get into the Halloween spirit!

Three Cups of Tea One Man's Mission to Promote Peace - One School at a Time - Book Review

Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace . . . One School at a Time

by Greg Mortenson

ISBN-10: 0143038257

Every so often we are reminded of how much good there is in the world. In a society fraught with the strive for the almighty dollar, simply for the dollar's sake, there is also to be found a soul or two who strive for the dollar in order to make a difference. The opposite of terrorism is love, and with this powerful tool we can overcome the darkness of the world. Greg Mortenson shows us how in the book "Three Cups of Tea - One Man's Mission to Promote Peace...One School at a Time."

Greg, a mountaineer, a man who sets out to make it to the tops of mountains, has embarked on a journey to conquer the biggest mountains of all - ignorance, lack of education, broken promises, and facing the unknown. In 1993 Greg didn't achieve his goal to reach the summit of K2 in the Karakoram Mountains. But he did find his purpose. Reaching the impoverished village of Korphe, Pakistan, and being nursed back to health, Greg found his fate-intended destination. He promised to return and build a school for the children who sat scratching lessons in the dirt. Once back at home in California though, Greg realized he hadn't a clue as to how he was going to raise the money to fulfill his promise. He began by simply asking for it from 580 of the most influential people he could think of. One replied. What would it take to build a school in Pakistan? $12,000. But first, he must drink tea. The first cup is offered to a stranger, the second poured for a friend, and the third is a cup shared by family. In this way, three cups of tea are shared between Greg and each of the people he hopes to do business with. In this way, he learns the first lessons in what it really takes to build a school in Pakistan.

What were those mountains Greg had to cross? - ignorance on the part of the world's society for ignoring the needs of people, lack of education - in a land where the wealthiest are able to send their boys off to private school, and where the government has fallen short on promises of public schooling, and where girls are not often sent to school, and where the Taliban is recruiting young boys by schooling them for free in Madrassas, broken promises - on the part of The United States who promised to help rebuild after the hunt for Osama Bin Laden, and facing unknowns - where Greg had to learn languages new to him, struggle to not offend, drive blindly into the dark under gunfire, and accept traditions and beliefs that were unlike his own but every bit as valid and meaningful. After doing all of this and more, Greg is a much-to-be celebrated hero of the world. Fifty-five schools for girls have been built in areas the typical American has never even imagined. This outreach of love and respect is doing so much more to stop terrorism than anything else ever could. In the heart of the Taliban's incubation box Greg Mortenson offers a much different view of an American.

"Three Cups of Tea" is co-written by David Oliver Relin. It is a must read for every American. The story of Greg's struggle down the mountain and his struggle right back up a mountain of another variety is a captivating, almost unbelievable tale of heroism. It is an in-depth story of deep relevance and high importance. It reads like an Indiana Jones adventure, where the treasure is self growth for thousands, and possibly peace for everyone. To fight for the children is a noble cause, but to also be making a stand in opposition of terror, in this manner, is knight-worthy behavior. Surely, everyone who has the pleasure of meeting Greg is blessed by having been touched by this soul, by his giving personality, and by his drive to make a difference. Reading the book is the next best thing.