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Words of Affirmation

The Spoken Flame

You take love in through the ear. A true sentence, said aloud, can hold you for a season, and a careless one can hollow a week. You don't need flattery; you need witness.

Say the thing out loud. Specific praise, written notes, the words 'I'm proud of you' unabbreviated.

Silence where acknowledgment should live; affection assumed instead of spoken.