Have you ever toiled forever in silence crying for just a little love and affection? Yeah, me too. But love is strange. The more you give it away, the more you get in return. For example, …
I was getting a bowl of cereal this morning for my darling wife at a hotel breakfast buffet. I noticed that the young lady tending the breakfast bar was being both effective and efficient and quietly proficient at keeping all of the items and serving dishes full, need, and clean. But instead of a smile, she had a rather stoic loil.
After she talked herself back into the kitchen behind the door, I knocked and pushed it open and asked, “Can I ask you a question?”
She took the two steps between us toward me and bracing her face replied, “Sure.”
I asked, ” Don’t you wish people would recognize how nicely and neatly you maintain your breakfast bar? ”
She gulped and replied, “Yes.”
“Don’t you wish someone, anyone, would just take a second to say thank you?”
“Yes.”
So I splurged and smiled and said, “So thank you for a practically perfect breakfast.”
Tears welled just a touch in hers eyes as we briefly as she replied, “Thank you. You don’t know how much I needed that. I was having a bad day, but you’ve just made my day good.”
“You’re welcome,” I replied, “but don’t settle for just one good day. Go out there and be Great! All the time!”
People don’t need constant praise, though more is always better than less. But everyone needs and deserves just a little recognition for what they do in their jobs moment to moment for others.
Here’s challenge for you. Try to recognize someone positively just twice on the day you read this. It will make you feel so good you will want to do it twice an hour.