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You're welcome, Rosa.
And Thank YOU for being such a gracious and wise hostess every time we visit. You make us feel so welcome.
Posted by: Karen Wallace | November 26, 2006 at 12:06 PM
You're welcome Karen! It is an absolute joy for me to be your hostess, and I love your visits :-)
Posted by: Rosa | November 26, 2006 at 02:03 PM
A bit more on this;
I’ve just been reading an interview that Oprah did with Janet Fitch, author of White Oleander. Oprah pays her a compliment, and I like the way that Fitch responds, with a thank you which must have made Oprah feel so good for noticing what she noticed, and choosing to say what she did:
OPRAH: Your fiction is art – real, layered, and complex.
JANET: Thank you. I’m always looking for something new and interesting to say. And it can’t be something I’m directly experiencing.
Posted by: Rosa | November 26, 2006 at 02:08 PM
Your story Rosa reminds me of one of the more graceful ways I have heard to accept a compliment. In Chinese, there is a saying "Wo bu gan dan". What it literally says is "I am not a choice egg." What it actually means is "You flatter me with your compliment. I do not deserve such praise but it is your generous spirit that allows you so say this to me. Thank you for your generosity."
In other words, it acknolwedges the compliment and also honors the speaker.
Posted by: toni | November 27, 2006 at 09:48 AM
Thank you for that sharing Toni; We can learn so much from cultural sayings and proverbs!
Posted by: Rosa | November 27, 2006 at 10:13 PM