An old gentleman used to stop by the antique shop in New Hampshire to sell furniture. One day, after he left, the antique dealer’s wife said she wished she had told him how much she enjoyed his visits. The husband said, “Next time, let’s tell him so.” The following summer a young woman came and introduced herself as the daughter of the old gentleman. Her father, she said, had died. Then the wife told her about the conversation she had with her husband after her father’s last visit. The young woman’s eyes filled with tears, “Oh how much good that would have done for my father!” She cried, “He was a man who needed to be reassured that he was liked.” “Since that day,” the shopkeeper said later, “whenever I think something particularly nice about a person, I tell them. I might never get a second chance.”
One thing scientists have discovered, according to Thomes Dreiner, is that often-praised children become more intelligent than those who are criticized.
G. K. Chesterton said, “There are some great people who make others feel small. But there are other great people who make others feel great.”
There is an old saying that goes, “Don’t wait ’til I die to give me roses.” Words of appreciation can be the greatest gift you can give. Why not give one today?
Dr. Mike Rouse
What to do:
✞ Find someone today that you usually do not give words of appreciation to and give it to them. You might just find you have a new friend.
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