Posts Tagged ‘appreciation’

Have you ever felt taken for granted? Perhaps by a spouse, or your children, or by an employer? Doesn’t feel good does it?  You work hard, take care of whatever needs taking care of, think of what might become an issue in advance and take measures to avoid it; use your creativity to problem-solve and create new wonders…only to [...]

We can also use gratitude to improve our relationships.  There’s the obvious use of gratitude in acknowledging our partner, children, family members or friends, and express to them verbally how much we appreciate them and whatever specific thing or quality we enjoy. Doing this never fails to encourage people to do more of whatever you appreciated. It [...]