Sunshine: Appreciate to be happy :)

"Appreciation is a wonderful thing. It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well" - Voltaire

Simple yet so thoughtful.

Little things that we do have great bearings on our life and relations.

So much is happening around us. Everything is changing so fast. Do we feel it? Do we appreciate it?

I am writing on appreciation today because this topic came up during a discussion yesterday when one of my team member was complaining and threatening to quit over the bad behaviour of one of our client. Her complaint was not that she was overloaded with work from the Client but the thankless and whining attitude of the Client. So in a nutshell the problem was not the complaining client but Client's lack of appreciation when the poor girl was slogging out.

I handle different Clients and at the base level their working style is almost identical but still some of them are really loved and some are really hated. If given a choice most of the team members in my company will be willing to work on Client B than Client A. Not because Client B buys whatever we try to sell them or don't add to the chaos but simply because they are more forthcoming to acknowledge their mistakes and appreciate our efforts. That's a very basic difference between both the Client that makes the hell lot of difference on the motivation of the people working on these clients.

Appreciation is an art that all of us learn over time. A little extra becomes flattery or sometimes even ass licking which should be avoided. A little less becomes indifference which no one likes.

Appreciation like other emotions has strong vibration like that of love, hate, anger, joy, harmony, or any other emotion that we experience everyday in our life. What we feel gets communicated to others and gets reflected in their behavior towards others.

We all are simple human beings looking earnestly for love and appreciation in little things we do.

Appreciation walks hand in hand with love, understanding, honour, gratitude, delight. It is composed of these separate qualities and, like them, must be expressed. When you appreciate life, you appreciate God’s role in creating circumstances that make you feel good.

We should try and appreciate everything - good or bad. Good because it feels good, the bad because you learn something about your self, and life. Appreciation raises you up, like a lighthouse beckoning the ship to shore. There is no lack in appreciation, for appreciation flows through enlightenment.

Nobody is good or bad by birth. All of us have good and evil side in us. It's up to us what we want to become. Human beings become difficult to handle when we forget to empathise and appreciate others.

Dark forces do not appreciate – not themselves, not their allies, and certainly not their God.

We should appreciate our selves and each other. When we appreciate our experiences we raise ourselves above the temptations that can easily sway us from our goals.

Appreciate your Self! This act alone brings gifts of love, life and wealth into your daily experience.