I have learnt to make people happy simply by smiling to them or creating gestures that makes them feel good.
Friends, we are going to live only once.
On this platform, I have met different types of people. Sometimes when I see inbox messages sent to me, I used to wonder what runs in the mind of the sender. But then I also always reminds myself people's rights to feel whatever they want.
So I take time to reply the most silly messages with simple grace. I don't ignore people because I am busy. I have complained about people doing such to me in the past so I know exactly how it feels.
I am very lousy and I can make odd mistakes. So I always follow up on people the moment I know I have erred.
Be intentional about your relationship with people. Don't create excuses for ignoring or shutting down on people.
Be frank with people and if need be, be frank repeatedly on issues. If someone needs your help and you can't be of help the way the person thinks, even if he asks 20 times, respond 20 times making him know you can't. But don't force people to give a definition of you.
Share smiles, handshakes, hugs and love as much as possible but please do all in sincerity. Don't pretend to be happy when you are not. Show your grief and talk about it. Don't celebrate fake people. Let them know how fake they are but don't block them. People change.
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Celebrate others.
Social media has made a lot of celebrities who suddenly see others dogmatic followers.
I have people who call or inbox me when I liked their posts. A guy ran after me in the market to take selfie with me...
So if I not careful, I will be tempted to begin to think myself unnecessarily important than others and start living like a king soon to be dethroned.
These things really have taught me how little things matter. A lot of people look up to some of us that now hardly believe we can make mistakes. So we become so opinionated and and internally arrogant.
There are few of my senior colleagues I respect. They are down to earth and highly responsive and responsible. There are a couple of them that are pure ghosts. They are bundles of deceit. But time is also rolling on them.
Just one life..... Be grace-full