If there is one thing I don’t understand is why people don’t think of or appreciate the little things.
A simple hello that I have just administered to you isn’t a signal that you have to give me all your time and feel obligated to make the same gesture. It’s just a way of me beginning a conversation, asking how you are (genuinly) and even trying to make your day. Fobbing me off because you “can’t be bothered” is just a pathetic excuse.
The amount of times I’ve caught myself putting SO much effort into my appearance or making things or organising events that always turn to shit is so frustrating because half the time none of it gets recognised. Or that I’m told off for doing it frustrates the hell out of me, I’m not doing it to get attention, I’m not doing it to make ammends or to make sure that I get the same in return (although a simple gesture would be nice sometimes) I’m doing it because I enjoy it. I enjoy making people happy and if I can make someone’s day or put a smile on their face at least once during that day then I feel so accomplished.
Just recently a friend of mine was going through a rough patch and while she was out I went down and bought her a bunch of flowers, a little balloon, hubba bubba, nutella and strawberries and wrote her a card and left it all in her room to find. I love the feeling that they have no idea and it’s an unexpected happiness they get. The smile on her face after was enough to make my day and it did.
Money in situations like this I don’t care for, of course I am a stinge and I love to save. BUT if it means I get to do a little something for someone else and it will make their life a little easier or enlighten them for just one day then money has no value to me.
I understand some people don’t have the money, nor the time but really. Money doesn’t even have to be involved. It’s the example if you smile at someone in the street, that may make their day and you’ve just put them in a better mood. That wasn’t really that hard was it?
