Compliments Can Be Gifts of Connection and Vulnerability

Is it easier for you to give or receive a compliment? 

For many of us, compliments can be difficult to receive. This can for many different reasons, including and not limited to our past conditioning and how we view ourselves and our worth.

Many times when we give compliments, we do so in order to connect in a meaningful way.  What if we can also sometimes allow ourselves to accept compliments - from those who are safe - as gifts of connection and vulnerability? Does that viewpoint make a compliment easier to receive? 

When you give a compliment, what is your own intent? Do you view giving a compliment as a gift, a way of connection, or something else?

Is it easy to give yourself a compliment?  Does that feel vulnerable to you? What if you viewed a self-compliment as a gift to yourself?