The magic words. Please and thank you. Something we've all been told from the time we are little. So why is that so many people seem to have missed the lesson of appreciation? Is it really that hard? Someone does something for you, at the very least say thank you. Hopefully you can do something to pay it back or pay it forward.
I am frankly astounded by how selfish and entitled people tend to be. I honestly don't understand it. It bothers me deeply when I have to depend on others for things, not out of a sense of self-sufficiency, but because I feel like they shouldn't have to be put out for my sake. It would be incredibly self-centered and egotistical of me to think that they should.
Having people that you can depend on is wonderful. However, when you start to expect it, that's when things get murky. People start to resent things. They start to resent YOU. It breeds discontent. It drives wedges between previously close relationships and sometimes breaks them completely and irrevocably.
All of that can be avoided just by being appreciative and showing the people that you depend on that you are thankful that you can depend on them and try to help them in whatever way you can, allowing them to depend on you in return.
*~*Tabby Marie*~*
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