Out of the simplest of examples, it brings me great pride to know that my 3 year old knows the concept of valuing gratitude at such a young age. Everytime we are at the diner table he would use to start the meals through a simple prayer-chant he had learned in school which goes like this "Salamat, salamat sa pagkain, thank you for the food" which is the filipino and english statement of saying "thank you for the food". I told him last night that I had another way of singing that, and I had chanted to him, "Salamat, salamat kay panganay, thank you for Iakob" which meant "thank you, thank you for my eldest" and Iakob being his name. He quickly replied a heartwarming, "Oh that's so nice Pappie". And that gave me a sense of value that cannot be exchanged for any riches in this world.
How many times have we showed our gratitude to those showing / providing value towards us? A mere "welcome" or a simple acknowledment of their gratitude should be enough. And if one might think that the highly eluding concept of showing "humility" by replying "oh it was nothing" or please "don't mention it" is the proper way to respond towards gratitude, then think again. By saying that the effort you provided is "nothing" after someone had just acknowledged it isn't really a sign of humility, when you come to think of it, you devalue the sign of gratitude given to you. A person who knows how to give should also know how to receive things in return in order to keep the value of what is received, or the value of what is exchanged. All of us should learn the proper concepts of value exchange and how it is properly done.
A mind master who discusses this in depth would be Igor Ledochowski (see http://igorledochowski.blogspot.com/ not the official blog) in his Money in your Mind course. The underlying basis of the whole course is an emphasis on value exchange and how this mindset will bring a person towards financial freedom.
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