Here we go again

Supper with a friend late at night is just so heart warming. To be able to sit down and chill, talk nonsense, and share your heart out about how shitty work is, how terrible life is, this is how life should be. But more importantly, to encourage and to be encouraged. To know that someone out there is still concerned about your wellbeing and that you mean something to someone. Remember how humans are all social animals? That will never change. And the satisfaction from knowing that you have played your social role well is so heart warming.

Encouragement. People are so stingy with it nowadays. With Asian culture being taught as 'pointing out flaws and things to correct' being the way for improvement to happen, praise is becoming a rare commodity. With a simple few words that could spur someone on to greater heights, why not choose the nice ones? Not saying that harsh words will not help, some do achieve greater things through being put down by others, but it is really just that few words that someone acknowledges and recognises your efforts that makes unbearable tasks seem a bit more bearable.

So encourage someone today. Give credit when credit is due. And may the world be a better place to live in for a while more.