Gratitude

In ordinary life, we hardly realize that we receive a great deal more than we give, and it is only with gratitude that life becomes rich.   
- Dietrich Bonhoeffer.


Have you ever felt gratitude to someone or something? Have anyone ever expressed gratitude to you for something you did?.............Think about it. Isn't it a quality that is getting extinct? Look at the e-world we belong. Connectivity is at our finger tips. To make things easier emoticons are provided. But our take- it -for -granted attitude stands between us and our sense of gratitude/appreciation. 

There are a very few who stand apart, who never forget to appreciate things, however small it might be. Here is a primary school classmate, Madhu N R who fits the bill. In those days he was an introverted kid who answered in monosyllables when talked to. 

Three decades later when i met him, he had already authored a few books and was running a daily cartoon-strip on his Facebook page. But then, he still felt that something was amiss. 

One day after this meeting, i got a call from a Publishing house asking me to Self Publish. Honestly speaking, i had nothing at hand. So i called my friend and passed the information. It caught his interest and a few months later his book was published: Glimpses of Life through Cobweb. 

In the Acknowledgement page he mentioned me. I was very touched. In this world, where sincere efforts go unappreciated,this guy has immortalized me for a bit of information i passed on to him.