Everyone wants to be appreciated. So if you appreciate someone, don’t keep it a secret. – Mary Kay Ash
Is it a wonderful, great, generous idea and practice to acknowledge and appreciate others?
Absolutely.
But you can’t give what you don’t see in yourself.
What can you appreciate about you today?
Take a minute and, sincerely, appreciate you.
Then, take that feeling, that deep understanding of how you’re worthy and talented, and project it outward.
Do a little more than you’re paid to. Give a little more than you have to. Try a little harder than you want to. Aim a little higher than you think possible, and give a lot of thanks to God for health, family, and friends. – Art Linkletter I am pretty sure that everyone has…
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It’s the people around us who shape us and our behavior. Ask the BIG question: “What do you want to achieve in life?” And then think, “Are the people I’m hanging around helping me achieve this?” – Craig Ballantyne This is one of the most difficult things to ask yourself. Humans are social creatures and…
Ideas must work through the brains and the arms of good and brave men, or they are no better than dreams. – Emerson Ideas are nothing, really, without action. I would put a slightly different twist on Emerson’s words by saying ideas not worked through the minds, hearts and bodies of men are mere fantasies….
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