Appreciation

Appreciation

       “Appreciation”, this word is very close to everybody’s heart, isn’t it! In today’s ' social media- digital world', it has got much importance. Think of Likes, Thumbs up, etc., don’t they make you feel special when you get them for your post? See, it has conquered everyday life, surprisingly though. But everyone can deal with the appreciation when they don’t get it as per their expectations? I guess, they don’t. We get upset when people don’t appreciate us as per our expectations. Then how to deal with it?

    The first thing important is 'self-appreciation'. When you do something for which you feel to seek public-appreciation, first appreciate yourself; that is ‘self-appreciation’. Unless you appreciate yourself, how could you look towards others to appreciate you?

         We are always told that one should not praise himself/herself in front of others. Okay, that’s right; nobody is arguing ( stands for so-called  Good manners). But at least we should praise our self deep inside ( unless you are not fooling yourself). Then once you start self-appreciation, you will gradually build your confidence.

For example, if you like photography and click a random picture of the sky and post it on Twitter or Instagram, what next? Now you start looking for the number of Likes. When nobody puts a Like or the number of Likes you get are not up to your expectations, you get depressed. You feel, ' it’s not a good pic, maybe I am not a good photographer, I am unable to click a picture that people will like and so on….’ But then why do you forget that you like to take photographs, you enjoy doing it, it makes you feel happy, there was something about that moment that gave you the instinct to capture the pic; why neglect that, just for some Likes?

          You posted that pic because you liked it. That means there is one like already to that pic, and that too of yours which is the most important one; that’s self-appreciation. Just because others didn’t feel the same way about that pic doesn’t make you a bad photographer.

      Pursue your hobby or dream and strive for self-appreciation. Once you start appreciating yourself, you will do everything to make it more likable to you next time as eventually, you will raise your quality-bar. You will say, 'this pic is good for a start, now I should improve further.’

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            Then on you will strive to please yourself and follow your hobby passionately. Day-by-day you will notice the improvement in your skill. You will start to appreciate yourself more and more, which will lead you to become excellent in your point of view. And one day people around you will also start to notice it.

     the next step you can take is to appreciate people around you genuinely. For example, you must be following some celebrities on Twitter or Instagram. When that celebrity posts something, you must be liking, re-twitting, or posting good comments for the post. But at the same time if you notice a post from someone you know personally and find it interesting, do you Like it without thinking? No, you don’t! You will think, “ This fellow is not close to me or he didn’t Like my post, why should I? Or we are not in touch, it doesn’t matter if I do so. And so on…….”

       Instead of you genuinely feel to place a Like do it. Why, because it makes you feel better. So appreciate someone else genuinely to make yourself happy by doing it. Now watch this video.

   The baby genuinely laughs innocently without thinking ( I know, the baby is not capable of thinking at his age). But while watching it, it made you feel… so cute! Isn’t it? So why not act like the baby genuinely innocently!

      Your Like or comment on the celebrity post won’t value much because he/ she is having so many people doing the same thing at the same time. But the person you know will value your appreciation and will enlist you in his good people’s list. Because the person who makes you feel good about oneself is the person who is considered as a person to be comfortable with. That makes you special.

       If you practice this thing it will become your habit and it will make you feel good about yourself and maybe one day everyone around you will also start appreciating your posts or your acts genuinely; you never know, that may happen. Because I believe your good deeds are always justified; if not now maybe later.

      To summarize,

  Start appreciating yourself, it will make you a good person, and gradually start appreciating others genuinely to make a better person. Start to find happiness in little things, enjoy your life in portions instead of striving for the wholesome. A good deed never goes in vain.

     Watch the video below  and see how this kid is enjoying the little thing and seems to have all the happiness in the World.