When you use words of affirmation you're essentially affirming your relationship with someone.
Appreciate
one majoy way to affirm people is to tell them how much their presence improves your life
Apreciate
is the perfect word for this. Meaning " to be grateful or thankful for."
Appreciate
comes from the latin word apprecaitus or "valued,appraised"
Impress
is a verb that entered english in the 1300s
Impress
means "to affect deeply in mind or feelings; influence in opinion."
When you tell someone you're impressed by them, you're letting them know they've caught your attention and have your admiration.
Lucky
means " having or marked by good luck; fortunate."
Telling someone you feel lucky to have them lets them know you see your relationship as a product of good fortune, and that's always lovely to hear.
Proud
means " feeling pleasure or satisfaction over something regarded as highly honorable or creditable to oneself"
Proud
it's a feeling we've been expressing in English since before the year 1,000
Value
Ultimately, words of affirmation let people know that you value them.
Value
means " to regard or esteem highly"
Value
Latin word of valere " to be worth"
Love
has existed in English since before the year 900, yet somehow we never get tired hearing it.
Love
Means "to profoundly tender, passionate affection for another person"
Gratitude
is an important part of saying words of affirmation
Gratitude
is "the quality or feeling of being grateful or thankful"
Trust
comes from the old norse "traust" related tot eh german word "comfort"
Trust
defined as "reliance on the integrity, strength, ability, surety, etc. of a person or thing.
Believe
sometimes our relationship inspire us to have faith and keepgoing, even when it's hard. A good word to use in that case is believe.
Believe
means "to have confidence in the truth, the existence, or the reliability of something, although without absolute proof that one is right in doing so.
Support
means "to bear or hold up; serve as foundation for
Support
in hard times, relationship are about being there for each other. That's why it's affirming to let others know you support them and to thank them when they return the favor.