A GENUINE GIFT....

HELLO FRIENDS … I AM BACK and have a thought for you …… try this exercise with some one today and watch the magic. First let me give you a little back ground of what I am going to put you up to. Now, I am sure that you have noticed quite frequently how so many of the people in the world today are caught up in their own lives that they don't stop to appreciate their neighbor; and if they do they are usually not genuine about their appreciation. They are not genuine due to the fact that they are full of flattery and trying to gain something by it.

I once read a story of a man that went into a post office; now this man was up there in years and had lost a greater portion of his hair. As he stood in line he watched the clerk and noticed that he wasn't too excited about accomplishing his tasks; the elderly gentleman, the kind sort that he was tried to think of something to add cheer to the younger mans day. When it was his turn at the counter he said to the younger man (who wasn't that young either) he said" boy I sure wish that I had that nice head of hair, mine has gotten rather thin" the other gentleman smiled and said"thank you, many have commented on my hair, although it isn't as grand as it once was. But for my age it is still really good" and the two continued to carry on the pleasantries for a short while afterwards. As the transaction was completed, the elderly gentleman then went on about his day.

You may be asking why I put that entire story here but, I am sure you can imagine what kind of an impact those sincere words made in the other gentleman's day. He probably attended his customers for the rest of the day with more patience and respect and above all with a smile. He probably then went home and told his wife and looked at himself in the mirror appreciating him self a little more.

Sincere compliments tend to create more sincere compliments and induce a greater sense of well-being in others not only in those that you come in contact with but also in those that they come in contact with on an every day basis.

So now we come down to the exercise: during the course of your day find at least one person to give a sincere compliment to. It may be the clerk at the grocery store or convenience store, or the teller at the bank, or the attendant at the gas station. These people handle angry people everyday and a smile and a compliment go a long ways….. Make somebody's day…be contagious!!