How thankful are we to
others on daily basis? Do we acknowledge the kindness that people bestow on us?
Do we care to appreciate those who perform their duty sincerely? Or we just
take them for granted!
There are many people
who by the virtue of performing their routine job put our life at ease. If we
go on enumerating, the list will be long. So, how often do we really thank the early
milk boy in the morning, newspaper hawker for timely delivery of newspaper, canteen
staff for a warm cup of tea, delivery boy from online shopping stores, traffic
polices for their service under scorching sun, even teacher who teaches us? When
I asked this question to some of my friends, positive responses were very few.
Some people may argue
that aforementioned people do not render any extraordinary job that we should
be thankful of. And their reason also being that they are paid for what they do
as part of their duty. Yes, I do agree that such people might not be extraordinary
in their contribution to society but can you imagine the frustration they may
have because of having to work for long hours in unfavorable working condition
like scorching sun, dust, rain etc. And most importantly can you imagine even a
single day in the absence of their services. So my question to those people who
hesitate to be thankful would be: Wouldn’t
it be nice to simply thank them? Won’t it motivate them to think that they are
doing a good job and encourage them to perform even better? (which in turn
favors us more)
As such being thankful
is in fact a worthy choice to make. The most basic advantage of being humble is
that it doesn’t cost us anything but only results to gain. It is a choice which
when practiced makes us happier and optimistic. It not only assists us to
improve relationship with people around us but also helps us to drive out
negativity and enables us to learn more from these unsung heroes of our life.
So the choice is yours, whether you stop by to your unsung heroes and thank
them for their service or not!
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