The little things we do matters alot. Gratitude is a quality that not all humans possess, some people feel entitled to it and for others it comes naturally. For me, there is a kind of emotion I get when I get to do stuffs for people and they respond by been appreciative in simple terms as "thank you". I get irritated and ignorant to do things for people that can't show gratitude.
From my experience, There are several ways one can show appreciation, it can be in small Gestures or in big ways. Just like it was on the internet one time when a female janitor found some money in the rest room and she investigated and searched for the owner. Upon finding the person who lost the huge amount of money, she was appreciated in a big way. They established her and the family and even got her a better and well paying job. Contrary to this there are people that have been accused just because they were kindhearted to return stolen goods, they were accused and had to suffer for it. Just like the other time a boy found a phone and when trying to return it, they caught him with it and immediately applied jungle justice. This is why people are ignorant most time to be nice because they might be misinterpreted.
Whenever people do or say nice things to me, I appreciate them. Sometimes, it can be your nice words that would motivate someone and make them happy for the rest of the day. We might think it's unnecessary but these little things count a whole lot. One time, I remember have a bad day as early 7am,because then we have lectures for 7am and those lecturers can be strict at times. When you are in a hurry, things fall out of place and you give this grumpy look to anyone in particular. But what brightened my mood was the compliment made by a stranger that "you look beautiful my lady" in that situation I should be angry but instead I was blushing, you can imagine. So sometimes the little things you do for yourself and for people around you can turn things around for good and even for worse.
In view of this, showing appreciation at the right time can ginger people to do more for you or even go out of their way to please you. As usual the #hiveghana community comes up with great weekly prompt which you can find here.
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