Appreciation?

Certainly. People are walking around everyday not feeling much appreciation. How often do you show it? We have a tendency to think about how we want more gratitude but we tend not to think about how much of it we are "dishing out."

Looking around, "poor me" has taken over. Many are walking around so incredibly self-absorbed that they don't recognize, "hey! poor everybody else!" Appreciation is really what lights up people's days. If you start appreciating the people who help you out on a daily basis (the store clerk, the babysitter, your parents, etc.) it will help you feel better too.

Compliments and thoughtfulness also go a long way in showing your gratitude. Sincere real compliments light up a person's day and help make them feel more appreciated. Being thoughtful of someone also helps go a long way toward it. Think about what they would like to have a little bit of a better day and surprise them with it. It really is the "little things" that count. How wonderful would the world be if everyone just practiced random thoughtfulness?

Isn't that what you would like also? To be appreciated? Of course, everybody would like to be appreciated. Nobody wants to be taken for granted. It helps you feel valuable and irreplaceable and that what you are doing is important and worthwhile. Spread some joy and some more sincere "thank yous" everywhere you go.

If you haven't been sharing as many sincere "thank yous" as you should be, you are not in tune with your empathy for the people who surround you. The more you are in tune with the people who surround you on a daily basis the more rich and fulfilling your life will be. You want to stop barreling through your life and looking toward the future and start living it now.