Whats one compliment you got that you remember till this day?

A very close friend of mine in high school told me that I could see everything about her so clearly that it was like my eyes were burning through right to her very soul.

She intended this as a compliment (despite how it sounds) but also said it was incredibly intense for someone to be able to do that. But I’d known her since kindergarten. I’d witnessed every step of her metamorphosis from an awkward, gawky shy isolato with a dead mom to a charismatic, extroverted and talented young woman. I’m not glad I grew up where I did, but I am glad I got to see that.