Recieving Compliments

I don't know if you have ever refused a compliment from God, but I found myself doing it the other day. I never thought it would be so easy to overlook a compliment, but I even tried to explain it away. What compliment did I refuse? Well, someone informed me that they were telling a story including me to someone. The person listening to the story stopped them and asked if they meant me, repeating my full name and said 'That is a good girl" or something like that.
Not that I think I am a bad person, but sometimes in my thoughts I focus on the mistakes I make, and how I often disappoint because I am human. The little things I need to learn to do better and need to work on...but as I was thinking, 'he doesn't really know me'.... I felt God saying...." it’s true, that compliment is from me."
Why is it so hard to accept compliments, and some more than others? This is a question that I had to ask myself. Why is it so much easier to see all my imperfections and flaws? Even now, I am finding it hard not to turn my thinking towards my mistakes and little so called 'flaws'.