10 steps for showing Appreciation By Deva Darshan Das Appreciation is a very common Word devotees or people in general use in the society. Very often we hear about things like we need to appreciate someone or his qualities. What does it mean? What does appreciation entails? How are we supposed to appreciate someone? Appreciation is among the prime quality for someone who is seeking to live a noble life. We cannot miss it; appreciation is like the feeling of a melting creamy carob cake in our mouth… taste awesome isn’t it? Appreciation emerges from Gratitude. Sometimes we may be grateful to things in our life but not necessarily appreciating them..The subtle shift from gratitude to appreciation is the awareness that is brought in between. When we are grateful and understand why we are being grateful the appreciation takes shape. Appreciation is strongly associated with real happiness, it actually releases it from captivity allowing it to blossom and illuminate every single molecule, elements and atoms within our body generating this feeling of warmness and unexplained joy, and it makes us feel lighter, brighter, more inspired, energized and loved. What could be a better feeling? Appreciation promotes selfless love; it connects two souls on the deepest level of gratitude and introduces reciprocation in their lives. The feeling of happiness in others is very often our own source of happiness, it can be a simple act where a mother feeds his baby bringing a big smile on his face, someone throwing a coin in a beggar bowl and he thanks him with folded hands...appreciation is such a great thing in this world yet we often tend to forget about it...Sometimes while attending a family or friends gathering where someone passed away, we hear the wonderful qualities of that person, deep inside we wish we would have known that person while he was around or telling him how wonderful he is.... Appreciation is the oxygen for a healthy and prosperous lifestyle; it peels off duplicities, it re-surface honesty. Isnt that we are looking for? As devotees we often fail to show appreciation to others because we are too busy in our own quest for enlightenment or we feel that we are on a higher level of practice than others, so its them who needs to appreciate us....Isnt that bhakti means sefless love ?? Here are 10 steps that can help practice Appreciation : - 1. Dont wait for someone to die before telling them how wonderful they are 2. Make appreciation part of a daily act 3. Look for opportunities to show our appreciation to others 4. Dont just appreciate with words but live them...Action speaks louder than words 5. Learn to accommodate others in our heart by being a good listener to our family, friends or the public. A devotee is suppose to make a positive difference in the life of people, thats what we are being trained for. 6. Get into the habits of exchanging gifts not only during Christmas or birthday parties. Appreciation is a continuous process, we don’t need to mark it on our calendar for a specific occasion. 7. Let our association promote love and not selfishness. Someone whose association doesn’t promote love is actually committing violence to himself and others 8. Learn to recognize details in small wonderful acts by others. 9. Stop being commander in chief of flying high, you may get shot and by the time you come down, you would be deeply wounded....cut off our ego...value relationships family, friends, colleagues etc..they are not maya and won’t lead us to hell... 10. Keep a diary for all your `appreciation´ act...it will help trust me.
Posted on: Fri, 04 Apr 2014 18:46:46 +0000
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