Today's challenge was to write a note telling a friend why you appreciate them. Then I was suppose to give this note to them. Appreciation is a lost art form these days. It's easy to find someone complaining or demanding something from someone. Like when you are in a restaurant and the service is lacking or when you're waiting in a line a mile long to check out in a store. The easiest thing to do in those situations is to complain. The hardest thing...finding something to appreciate someone for. In a world full of negativity and put downs sometimes the most refreshing, life-giving thing is to appreciate someone...even if it is just for being them.
So I thought a few minutes about who I would write a note for...then it was obvious. I needed to write an appreciation note to my best friend...my wife Janna. I appreciate her so much and I'm sure I don't say it enough. So I wrote down some ways I appreciate her, ripped out the page and gave it to her.
This challenge made me think about who I appreciate and how often I really say it in a note, or in words or in actions. Who could you appreciate today?
Till Tommorrow...Tom
Tom, I totally get it. When I was a counselor at a residential treatment facility for drug addicts, we used to have many group discussions about this. I still maintain that the easiest small talk with a stranger starts with a complaint.
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