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Today's
quotation:
Make
it a habit to tell people thank you. To express your
appreciation,
sincerely and without the expectation of anything in
return. Truly
appreciate those around you, and you'll soon find many
others around
you. Truly appreciate life, and you'll find that you
have more of it.
Ralph
Marston
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Today's
Meditation:
Wouldn't
it be great if everyone would appreciate the important
things in life? Wouldn't life be much easier if each
person felt appreciation and expressed it fully to
others? How many hurt feelings would be avoided, and
how many people would feel a much stronger sense of
belonging and closeness to others? How much fear
would be eliminated if people were just able to express
their appreciation completely and sincerely?
When
I tell someone "thank you," it's a validation of
something that they've done, no matter how small a
validation it may be. I'm acknowledging the fact
that they've done something for me and that I appreciate
it. When I give thanks in this way, I'm spreading a
positive spirit, an uplifting way of life, and a grateful
attitude. And when others experience my thank you's,
maybe--just maybe--they'll see the positive impact that
having an appreciative attitude has on my life and then
try to cultivate a sense of appreciation in their own
lives.
We
reap what we sow--there's almost no argument against this
concept. If I approach life from a perspective of
appreciation and gratitude, I will have more in life to
appreciate and for which to be grateful. But I must
be sincere in my appreciation which sometimes means that
I'll have to make an effort to see and understand the
aspects of some thing or some person for which I should be
appreciative. It's not always easy, but it often
does depend more upon the way I see things than it does
upon what the things or people or situations are
themselves.
If
I want to live life fully, then I must see life as fully
as I am able and continue to work towards seeing it even
more fully. I must be appreciative of all that life
gives to me, for I truly don't know what things are best
for me, and which things may not be as good, no matter how
they seem to me when I look at them from my limited
perspective. I wouldn't hold a beautiful gift given
in sincerity in disdain, and all of life that is given to
me is a beautiful gift that I sometimes must work to see
and appreciate.
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