A Small Change

I have brought a small change in myself. Actually not yet, but I am trying to. I am trying to appreciate everything and everyone. It’s hard to not criticize anyone or anything. It’s very easy to criticize, because we don’t see the effort and time put into it. Appreciate effort. No matter how small, silly or irrelevant, appreciate effort.

Criticizing someone all the time is terrible. “Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain – and most fools do.” But telling someone his fault is actually appreciating! By telling the person his faults, that person actually gets the ability of improving himself or his work into something better.

Instead of criticizing or passing a judgment, it’s actually better to appreciate and stay positive. It takes a lot of effort to do the smallest of things. Every job and profession is difficult, nothing is easy. No job is too big or too small. Often, big things have small beginnings.

People who do jobs like gate-keeping, garbage collecting, sweeping, gardening, etcetera, are seen with an eye of disgust. Every single job is a challenge. And people, who see their maids or sweeper with an eye of disgust, let me tell you, without them, you cannot function and your house, locality and surroundings can never be maintained. They do their work and earn money for their families. They do public service with complete dedication to the people and to the nation.

Everyone sees the amount of money earned by an individual, but no one will see their efforts and the satisfaction attained by others from their work. Everyone wants a life of peace and clean environment but no one thinks about the people who provide us satisfaction from their work. Think about them, they too are people like us, and never look down on them.

Hate is a very strong word. It is easy to hate and it is difficult to love. This is how the whole scheme of things works. And it is very easy to hate celebrities or people with a big name. We all don’t think how much effort it takes to get onto such a big platform and then doing work without getting criticized about it. Take an example of a movie, we all judge the story and rate it bad or good, but we never actually emphasize on the part that how much money and effort it must have taken to make the movie.

Giving your review is another thing and saying you hate it is another. Try to appreciate everyone of everything. If you appreciate yourself, you can appreciate others. Appreciation can make a day, even change a life. Don’t forget, a person’s greatest emotional need is to feel appreciated.

“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