Leo

A compliment that lands wrong usually says more about what you needed to hear than what was actually said. You wanted recognition for one thing and got praised for something else entirely, something that felt smaller or beside the point or too easy. The gap between what they noticed and what you hoped they would notice opens up a question you had not meant to ask yourself about where you put your effort and why. The disappointment is not about them missing the mark. It is about discovering that the mark you were aiming for was not where you thought it was.