Waching daily Oct 30 2017

>> WE ALL KNOW THAT EVERY PERSON

HAS BASIC NEEDS: FOOD, WATER,

SHELTER.

BUT WE DON'T OFTEN THINK OF SOME

LESS-VISIBLE NEEDS.

THE PHILOSOPHER AND PSYCHOLOGIST

WILLIAM JAMES IS CREDITED WITH

SAYING, "THE DEEPEST CRAVING OF

HUMAN NATURE IS THE NEED TO BE

APPRECIATED."

AND YET SO MANY PEOPLE GO DAYS,

WEEKS, MONTHS, OR EVEN LONGER

WITHOUT EVER HEARING A WORD OF

THANKS OR GETTING ANY

RECOGNITION FOR THEIR GOOD WORK.

CONVEYING APPRECIATION COSTS SO

LITTLE, BUT IT MEANS SO MUCH.

A LITTLE EFFORT-A WORD OR TWO, A

NOTE, A SMILE, A HUG-CAN EXPRESS

HOW MUCH WE APPRECIATE ANOTHER

PERSON AND GIVE CREDIT WHERE

CREDIT IS DUE.

IT CAN BE SURPRISING HOW

PROFOUNDLY SUCH AN ACT OF

APPRECIATION CAN CHANGE PEOPLE'S

ATTITUDE ABOUT THEIR WORK AND

EFFORT AND INSPIRE THEM TO DO

MORE.

IT'S HARD TO FORGET A GENUINE

COMPLIMENT OR A SINCERE

EXPRESSION OF APPRECIATION AND

ADMIRATION.

WE TREASURE IT ALWAYS.

UNFORTUNATELY, NOTICING THE GOOD

THAT OTHERS ARE DOING DOES NOT

ALWAYS COME NATURALLY.

SO THE FIRST STEP TO HELPING

OTHERS FEEL APPRECIATED IS

SIMPLY TO NOTICE.

A WOMAN WHO OVERSAW A LARGE

COMMUNITY EVENT DISCOVERED THAT

FEW PEOPLE TOOK THE TIME TO

THANK HER OR EVEN ACKNOWLEDGE

HER HARD AND UNPAID WORK.

SHE RESOLVED TO HAVE A MORE

ABUNDANT HEART AND PAY ATTENTION

TO THE SERVICE OF OTHERS.

A MAN WHO WORKED FOR SEVERAL

YEARS UNDER SUPERVISORS WHO

RARELY ACKNOWLEDGED HIS WORK OR

APPRECIATED HIS EXTRA EFFORTS

DETERMINED TO BE DIFFERENT IF HE

EVER BECAME THE BOSS.

NOW HE IS THE BOSS, AND HE

CONTINUALLY LOOKS FOR WAYS TO

RECOGNIZE AND THANK PEOPLE.

A MOM AND DAD LEARNED EARLY IN

PARENTING THAT THEY STRENGTHEN

BONDS WITH THEIR CHILDREN AND

POSITIVELY MOTIVATE THEM WHEN

THEY SAY THINGS LIKE "I NOTICED

HOW HARD YOU WORKED ON THAT" OR

"THANK YOU FOR BEING SO KIND

TODAY."

ALL THESE PEOPLE HAVE LEARNED

THE VALUE OF CREATING A

GENEROUS, POSITIVE, APPRECIATIVE

CULTURE, AND IT WORKS IN AN

ORGANIZATION, IN A HOME, AND IN

THE HEART.

IF IT IS TRUE THAT HUMANITY'S

DEEPEST NEED IS THE NEED TO BE

APPRECIATED, THEN PERHAPS OUR

NEXT GREATEST NEED SHOULD BE TO

SHOW APPRECIATION-TO MAKE A

DIFFERENCE IN SOMEONE'S LIFE BY

EXPRESSING HOW MUCH WE

APPRECIATE A JOB WELL DONE.