VITALIZING APPRECIATIONS

Let us observe what an appreciation could influence two students studying in same class with varying attitudinal parents. One child was a proactive, studious child with negative attitudinal parent. While another child was sluggish, careless and showed less interest towards studies but with positive attitudinal parent. First child always ranked within top level while second ranked in mediocre position.

Parents of first child would often criticise for not ranking first in the class while second child’s parents would appreciate and vitalize even when he showed small increment in his capability. Since, first child couldn’t obtain expected appreciation from his parent; he lost his interest in his studies. First child craving for appreciation got decremented in his ranks. Second child got motivated in his studies and showed phenomenal rise in his ranks.

Microbes get magnified through microscope. Similarly, our good qualities are magnified through appreciation. Self-appreciation requires no external influences, so practising it promotes us towards higher character enrichment.

People criticise and deprive appreciation when we show improvement in our accomplishment, since their ego gets influenced. As a saying goes, “the way of the world is to praise the dead and execute the living.”

Devasia puthiyaparambil in his books describes, “Appreciation transforms people. In this appreciation process, it makes two people happy – the one who express and the one who receives!” Appreciate positive qualities of others to get appreciated.

QUOTE: “They can because they think they can.” - Virgil