We let our friends go through life without many marks of appreciation. We are chary of compliments. We hide our tender interest and our kindly feelings. We are afraid to give each other the word of praise or of encouragement lest we should seem to flatter, lest we should turn each other's head. Even in many of our homes there is a strange dearth of good, wholehearted, cheering words. Let us not be afraid to say appreciative and complimentary words when they are deserved and are sincere. Let us lose no opportunity to show kindnesses, to manifest sympathy, to give encouragement. Silence in the presence of needs that words would fill is sinful.