started reading Ameen Merchant's The Silent Raga... nice read, ok story... but one sentence that touched my heart was: Nothing hardens a person as the lack of appreciation... not the exact words but that is the sense in a nutshell...
how true... when we do things that are not exactly to our liking, but just to please others (for a start, which later become a habit)-- and let's face it, in life there are very many such things, aren't there? and no one notices it and goes about in a rather business-like attitude, doesn't it kill the inside?
well, if that's over-stating it, then such acts of cold ignores are certainly meant as a silent jab, creating a raw wound on the soul...
we have all faced many such intances... where the good are conveniently glossed over, forgotten... but the goods create expectation in the others' minds so much so that when we falter on the same task, we get pulled up since it did not match the benchmark that we ourselves have created...
i do, and am sure there are many like me, who would not find appreciation out of place at all... but as luck would have it, nothing comes my way...
B's constant refrain is... who appreciates people at home? so a good dish (a rarity), or an efficiently-planned do, or holiday... is met with business-like silence... now, of course, this very same thing is reciprocated with elan...i too have perfected the art of appreciating silently... logic should be the same, globally, afterall, you see...
at work, of course, the ways are different... one learns what appreciation is and what is not appreciation... and ultimately, there is silent communication that keeps happening... which sometimes translates to better bottomlines, better pay cheques and healthier bonuses... so the purpose is served...
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