MAKE SOMEONE HAPPY.... BE THANKFUL....!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Appreciation is one of the easiest and best ways to make a person happy. What does it take??? Just a small thank you, or may be few words showing how grateful you are for what they have done for you. Or may be sometimes telling people and giving them credit for what they have done and how they go about doing things. It’s a small thing, but always guarantees a smile on someone’s face.

Every relation, however ordinary it may be, should have its good share of gratitude or at least the expression of it. Each and every one of us owes thanks to someone or the other. From the very day we come into this world till the very last time we breathe, there is something or the other to be thankful about. Be it, the food that our parents put on our table, or the money they spend on us to provide us with our needs and wants, or to teachers who teach us, everything from the first letter to the full sentences and paragraphs, or to the friends who stay with us, create wonderful memories and sometimes bittersweet experiences, we owe almost every step we take to someone.

Gratitude puts across itself in expressions, verbally and in doing something back in return, which of course are deeds actions. When doing something in return seems hard, then expression of thanks is the best thing to do. Like the words we say or write when someone dies, which is expressing gratitude. You don’t necessarily have to die to show them how thankful you are, but expressing it with words can do a lot.

However we all, including me, find it rather difficult to do just that. We rather find pleasure in criticizing the way things are done, or finding some fault or the other, or maybe just ignoring the effort that has been put to get the work complete. It is human nature after all, these things comes easy to us, things like criticism, back talking and probably, just being ungrateful, they just sound so much fun, and we actually enjoy it more than being grateful.

While we all know favor is never too small, and the least we could do is acknowledge it. It doesn’t mean to part with some cash to show it, or a huge action or may be a return favor. The usage of the phrases like “Thank you” “Good job” “I appreciate what you did” Or even a small “Well done” sometimes might denote just a polite convention; it however shows the universal belief in the importance of creating a grateful attitude towards who deserves it, however small that thing is. And if someone is doing a favor to you, it doesn’t necessarily means that they are expecting something in return, but they are just doing it out of goodwill. And however small it may be, a small gesture of acknowledgement will never go to waste.

Imagine yourself doing something for someone and in return you just get nothing. No words, no expression or not even something in return. Would that feel very good??? I guess not. Even I wouldn’t like that, nobody will, to be very honest.

For example, we have a peon, who does everything for us. From fetching files to serving us water and tea, preparing our lunch table, cleaning them and also doing the dishes after we are done, he does almost every little things, even things he is not supposed to do. Like, buying us veggies in the evening, booking our gas, delivering it to our houses, fitting our lights, cleaning our homes and what not, he does almost everything. He says he likes doing it, so he does it; however he never gets anything from anyone, which miffs him sometimes. He silently complains about it as well sometimes, even though he doesn’t say it out loud, it shows on his face. Most of the times however, he just chooses to ignore we being ungrateful for what he is doing, may be because we are his bosses after all, that however doesn’t mean he likes it. He doesn’t and no one would.

Well yes, he gets few words of thanks and appreciation from me time to time; I am a sucker with words; however I rarely fail to show him my gratitude, not by expressions or words, but by deeds. I never forget to bring him something or the other whenever I travel outside. You should see the kind of smile it brings to his face. Happiness lies in those small gestures, that we tend to forget most of the times. While money and expensive gifts do bring a smile with a sense of pride, nothing beats these small gestures. The happiness it brings and the satisfaction that follows is just priceless.

If you wanna make someone happy today; do one simple thing. Thank them for what they did and tell them what it means to you. I can guarantee you a hundred percent, it will work. Then look at yourself, and if you still don’t feel that contentment in you, then I don’t think anything else in this world would. While no good man wants to hurt or give anyone, who has done something for him, pain; an ungrateful can hurt the feelings of his benefactor. And if you could avoid being ungrateful, things will for sure, start getting a lot better.

Let me finish with this wonderful quote:

“Let us be grateful to the people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.”

-Marcel Proust.