I was once travelling to Sonepat from Noida with a few of my friends, and after reaching the destination, one of the friends commented, “You drive really well.”
Like life has been a mixture of compliments and criticisms, like for everyone.
Then when someone commented on a skill that women are usually trolled for, it somehow felt like a validation.
On a different tangent, I think we buy into the usual stereotypes so naturally that when someone tells us we are overcoming those stereotypes in a positive way, we feel elated. We feel elated because we could never expect we could excel, while we were excelling at those things.
Influence determines almost everything we do and how we think, hence it is worth considering what you allow yourself to influence.
This post is not about receiving that compliment.
