Appreciation

We always fancy about buying new clothes, expensive jewellery, the latest things for ourselves .We always buy new dresses, new shoes, accesories for special occasions. We are always concerned about how we look, whether our dress is "IN'' these days or not..

Have you ever gone through a situation where you bought new branded clothes, dressed as beautifully as you could and when you go out, nobody praises you. You don't get even a single compliment. Seems as if all the effort, all the money and time spent on dressing up is in vain? Are you distressed? most of us won't agree that we actually become upset. We say, "I dress up because I love to" .. But the reality is, most of us dress up, work hard, spend hours at some task to merely impress others. 

Some people become so used to getting compliments, that if one day they don't get any, they would be highly distressed and would throw a fit as to how anyone did not notice them or their work. Imagine, if kareena kapoor walks through the streets, unnoticed, how it would hurt her ego, and she won't get out of depression for days!!

It is true that we work hard, accomplish our tasks dutifully,with perfection to achieve our personal goals, for money and APPRECIATION. As I said, in the example of kareena, famous personalities are used to getting compliments all the time. You wholeheartedly appreciate kareena's beauty or aamir's movies or paulo coehlo's books. But do you ever care to appreciate the topper of your class? Do you ever defy your ego and go up to your competitor to say congrats when he won the match? Do you ever dare to tell your friend that she looks better than you?

Leave those achievements alone, have you ever appreciated your mom for making such yummy food for you? Have you ever appreciated your sibling for bringing pens and notebooks from the neighbourhood shop when you were in need? No, we always say, "mummy kya roz roz wahi khaana khilaati ho" or "bhai itni der laga di tune, kaha reh gaya tha raaste me"..

Everyone in this world loves to be appreciated for whatever they have done, however petty the task may be. And most of the people find it against their ego to appreciate the other person. They speculate "appreciation" as a task that would hurt their ego. Think, how delightful it is for you to receive compliments, and how pleased the other person would be, on receiving unexpected compliments.  It won't seize anything from you, but would give the other immense pleasure. So, never hesitate to appreciate the pettiest of achievements by the people around you, because..

"Appreciation is a wonderful thing, it makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well"