This being the last week of current year and the first week of the
new year, I decided to spend it by conveying gratitude to all the people
in my life and around it. One of the ways in which I wanted to do that
is by expressing appreciation of a genuine kind. (After all, aren't we
all capable of differentiating between an open-hearted appreciation and
an insincere flattery?)
I started it this morning with the old woman selling tender-coconut near my residence. After the morning's
intense workout I stopped to have some coconut water as usual. After
the drink, I told her that the water tasted really good - it was indeed -
and the quantity was also more than sufficient. She felt happy and told
me about how they buy the coconuts from the farmers directly and don't
involve any middlemen. Moreover, she took only Rs.35 instead of Rs.40 that she normally charges.
If a simple and honest appreciation like this can make somebody happy
to the extent of foregoing the profit, just imagine how many problems
can it solve! How many people will give up their mindless pursuits of
wealth, fame and senseless status symbols?! How nice a place our world
will be, if we start telling people about what is really good about them
- in a honest way?!
May be, as I once wrote in my journal, we
should become stingy with our criticisms and complaints, and become more
generous with our compliments and encouragements!<3
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