INSPIRATION|LOVE|HAPPINESS
Why do I love To Appreciate The Contribution Of People?
I feel like recognizing the true value of the doer.
How did I think of writing about appreciation? Recently I received a thank you note in my email from Trista Signe Ainsworth. What had I done to receive this appreciation I thought.
Trista writes a journal by taking 100 days journey and writes the most wonderful stories of abundance, joy, discovery, nature and love. Many of the topics resonate with me. I must appreciate that somewhere in her journey she found me and I began to participate in her wonderful stories not missing out on any.
She in turn also read my stories and we had a good discussion on many topics. She has started a new publication called Thank You Notes and invited me to be a writer too. She said she would be sending thank you notes to everyone and we were to give our email IDs if we were willing to receive them.
I did put in my email thinking it was something to do with her new publication. I have to appreciate by thanking Trista Signe Ainsworth for sending me the most wonderful note of appreciation and thanking me to be part of her journey in the topics of positivity in life and joy and nature that we resonated with.
I could feel the love, warmth and positivity that she had rubbed on to me. Love is unconditional but in return, I felt gratitude and love for this beautiful soul and I want to say how much I appreciated this love by saying a BIG THANK YOU, Trista Signe Ainsworth.
I would now like to narrate some of my experiences in my life of appreciating people at work
My experience with appreciating people I love to appreciate people in my life who have done some good work for me, or for others selflessly or those who value other people’s effort and time. I love to say thank you and be blessed when I am in appreciation of another person’s work.
#1.Experience with students I remember when I was working as the Head of the Post Graduate Department of International Business, in my institute the students would be very happy whenever I appreciated them for completing a task on time or helping me organize events like debate competition, quiz programme or a national or international conference.
These students would always feel motivated and throng around me and many people would feel a little offended perhaps as to what is the magic that I do with them that they love and care for me so much.
I had just one magic formula Love People and appreciate them for their work.
Understanding people and appreciating them for what they have contributed has been my motto all my life.
I feel a spiritual connection and gives me an inner feeling of happiness when I appreciate people and give them credit for it. I have never done it for the sake of doing it but with a true feeling. The appreciation marks my gratitude to the person who has spent time for me for some work that I have assigned to them.
#2. Experience with my personal assistant Another interesting anecdote of appreciating a person was quite different. whenever I appreciated and thanked my assistant at work he would say “Man please do not thank me, I feel embarrassed. I am like a son to you and I like to work for you so you should never say thank you to me. This was a strange experience. He had never been appreciated by a senior or an elder and found it strange.
#3. Experience with my faculty members My faculty members reporting to me were always motivated and did their work to their very best because they knew that if they did well they would be given credit for their work.
Why do I love to appreciate the contribution of people? I have achieved something that is not tangible or materialistic gain. It is the love of so many people. What more could I ask for? It is human to human love and I feel so happy that the return has been the biggest gain in my life.
I have seen that many people came back to me and said that their life had changed by being appreciated. They have tried to do even better after they have received love and been appreciated. They have more self-confidence and in turn, they have learned to appreciate people too.
I received the love and affection of many people and in turn, they motivated many other people in their journey by appreciating other people. It is a spiritual journey like a chain that keeps moving forward. One person inspiring the other.
I would like to thank everyone who has appreciated me in whatever walks of my life.
I would like to quote something which I liked and imbibed in my life’s journey.
“Appreciation can make a day, even change a life. Your willingness to put it all into words is all that is necessary.” — Margaret Cousins
This is what I feel right now before closing
“Thank you for touching my life in many ways, for giving me the wealth of your love I appeciate you all” — Preeti Singh
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