I've learned to accept compliments graciously with a simple thank-you in faith that people see things in me sometimes even more clearly than I do myself. My judgment and critical eye for myself is often very clouded by old mistaken beliefs from way back when. In the here and now, those around me may actually be seeing me for who I truly am, not the often blurred and distorted view of myself that my pain and history has left me with. I have found the more I trust that those who care about me are being honest with me about myself, accepting graciously their positive observations about me, the more I start to share that clearer image of myself.