Be Thankful!

When people around you do something right, praise them for it. It will only encourage them to do more. Sometimes doers may humbly pretend to not care about the credit; I do that all the time, but the fact is, it doesn’t hurt to be credited for what you’ve done right. In fact there is no human being who doesn’t want to be appreciated.

Having thanked God as the Creator/Facilitator of all actions, the person that is without jealousy finds it right to thank the agent (sabab, cause or reason) through whom came a certain blessing, by saying: “I got this or was able to do this through so-and-so,” and not only holding the agent responsible when it is a misfortune.

Wolof Njie says:”ku gereumul nit, du gereum yallah” – meaning: ‘if you are not thankful for the support received from people that you can see, then you’ll more than likely not be grateful for the blessings received from God that you cannot see’, and that’s true.

William Arthur Ward says the ‘gereum’ or thankfulness is useless if not expressed. He said: "Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it."- Have a great week ahead – and be thankful even for this Social Networking App that has made the sharing of this piece of reminder possible!