According to the dictionary definition, gratitude is a person’s recognition of someone who has provided them with a favor or help. In other words, it is someone showing gratitude for what was offered to them as a benefit.
If we ask people if they think they are ungrateful, perhaps out of shame or because they are not aware of it, most do not admit this characteristic in their personality. Almost always, ingratitude is manifested through small attitudes. For those who are victims of this abuse, such an act is a sign of poor retribution for the affection received and, in most cases, a great lack of education. There are people who, simply because they are buying something, behave as if they don’t need to be courteous to the seller. Giving us the impression that they have abandoned good manners at home.
Answer in the little things
Everything we experience or do is a reflection of things that have become common from experiences at home. As the popular saying goes: Using a pipe makes your mouth crooked. If someone is not in the habit of being docile with an attendant at a store, restaurant or gas station, for example, then we imagine that their behavior should not be different with those closest to them, including those at home.
A relationship that lacks good manners can hardly evolve beyond tolerance, because it will only be governed by the practices of good education.
As we already studied at school, for every action there is a reaction, however, we often seem to forget this rule when we leave the laws of physics and enter interpersonal relationships. Within the community, when we notice constant responses of indifference and ingratitude on the part of the person we have provided a favor to, over time, naturally, our interest in continuing to help them will diminish. On the other hand, the signs of affability, helpfulness and recognition, manifested in our different levels of relationships, feed and enhance our desire to strengthen the bonds favored by coexistence. We are learning, little by little, with this proximity to improve our way of being.
As far as our less than virtuous habits are concerned, let us try to eliminate them from our lives, as they do not produce good results.
Willingness to be grateful
The good rapport in our lives grows as people are willing to nurture them with small gestures of affection. However, anyone who insists on closing in on themselves and their truths will certainly have already noticed the superficiality and coldness of the treatment they received and the few friends they gained. This happens due to the lack of interest and reciprocity of these people in experiencing a deeper bond in relationships, beyond those established by situations required at work, school or other social activities.
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It is an effort that involves the attitude of recognizing ourselves as grateful for what we receive. I have no doubt that gratitude is the soul of relationships, the ingredient that helps build lasting commitments. In this way, if we do not make an effort to give a different approach to the new challenges of coexistence, we will run the risk of emptying our circle of friends and causing greater wear and tear within other already established relationships.
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