To Be Appreciated

I will smile at friend and foe alike and make every effort to find, in him or her, a quality to praise, now that I realize the deepest yearning of human nature is the craving to be appreciated.

Og Mandino

Smiling and appreciation, what a powerful pair of concepts.

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