Appreciation Notes

Being thankful and expressing your gratitude is an important part of being happy in life. Finding the proper way to thank others for their generosity or even reminding ourselves just how much we have to be thankful for can be rewarding year round.

Have you ever been told how much you are appreciated? I am sure most of you have. Now, have you been told how much you are appreciated on a daily basis by your team members or your boss?

When you work with people I can’t emphasize enough how important it is to let each other know how much you appreciate them.

In our office we play games every month and last month we played the appreciation game, where we tell our teammates how much we appreciate each other. The goal was to put it in writing and post the notes all over the front office area. We were able to fill 4 doors with our notes.

We had so much fun because some times we tend to work hard and stay busy and we don’t take a moment to say something more meaningful than a thank you. We went the extra mile writing why each one of us appreciate each other.

We continue to do that now even though we are playing a different game this month. It was a lot of fun to see the notes. Each note made us feel very special.

After the game was over the notes were returned to us. I posted some in my office and the rest I posted them on my refrigerator. I think we all need to be reminded of our strengths as well as the things we get to do for others on a daily basis.

I encourage you to do the same, not only with your teammates but also with your friends, significant other and your family. We all need to share appreciation, you know what? Try it with strangers. Make somebody’s day, people don’t forget things like that.

My brother several years ago had a situation when he was working at the airport in Charlotte where a lady was late coming to the gate. The airplane was leaving and the poor older lady asked the employee at the gate to please let her in to catch the plane. She was going to her mom’s funeral and she didn’t want to miss it. My brother was overhearing all of this and he couldn’t believe the guy having the power to help her out said no. My brother also had the same power so he decided to call the tower so they could stop the plane. He really wanted to help that lady to make it to the funeral. The tower people got in touch with the pilot and he was kind enough to say yes, that he would wait. The lady was extremely thankful, however the dude that wasn’t trying to help her got very upset with my brother and after that when he would see him wouldn’t speak to him. My brother didn’t care. His thinking process was if that would’ve been me, I would have loved for someone to do the same. “It would have been devastated if I didn’t make it to my mom’s funeral”.

I’m sure that lady would always appreciate that kind gesture.

Go and make an act of kindness today, tomorrow and always. Go and take the time to tell someone how much you appreciate them and why and lastly write it down. Lots of people don’t get that ever and living in this social Media industry is even harder to get an appreciation card.

“Appreciation can make a day or even change a life. Your willingness to put it all into words is all that is necessary”

-Margaret Cousins

Appreciate someone today!

God bless,

Janitza