Friday, October 12, 2012

Appreciate Yourself

How many times when you do something you feel that enthusiasm and sense of achievement? Do you feel that when you complete your project? Do you feel that when you have made that dish which required 3-4 hours of your time and tasted out of the world and your family can’t stop appreciating that effort of yours? Do you feel that when you are at top of that tallest lighthouse in the town? These are the tasks that you do once in a while and feel good about it and celebrate. What about the everyday tasks that you do? Do you ever feel the same sense of achievement in completing your day to day repetitive tasks?
A project that is successfully completed did not happen in one day. It takes every little step towards the success of that wonderful project. It takes your daily efforts and commitment to achieve that success which you aim for. We all celebrate the success but often do not even notice these small steps that we are taking towards that big success. Sometimes the road to success is so lengthy that some of us forget to praise ourselves on the way. And that lack of appreciation makes some of us feel that they are no good anymore. They feel that they cannot achieve anything and has a huge negative impact.
We all need to learn to appreciate ourselves and everyone around us for those little efforts that we all put in to move towards that ultimate goal. Mostly it happens with the women who are home makers and children whose parents are overly concerned about their grades. Women who are home makers, I believe are working 24 hours a day and 7 days a week to ensure that her family is free of any day to day worries. She is the one who can be a cook, nurse, driver, banker, carpenter, laundry women, plumber, cleaner and many more such roles as needed. So she should be really proud of achieving this everyday without getting noticed. She is the backbone of her family and she is the reason behind every success in her family. So if no one is appreciating her, she should learn to appreciate herself.
Parents should learn to appreciate every little thing that their kids learn every day and remember they are stepping towards the goal. Students should learn to appreciate themselves on every new lesson that they learn. This lesson might not be from their academic books but can be anything from riding a bike to playing a game to hearing about a new story that has some message or learning about those Great people and their biographies or about that new stone or stamp or flag or dance or music or painting or anything for that matter.
Most importantly we should all learn to appreciate every member of our family. We should appreciate parents, spouse, and kids for every small thing that they do daily to make our life worthwhile and make us feel confident so that we can take one more step towards that goal without any worries. So learn to appreciate everyone around you but first learn to appreciate yourself.

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