Does Appreciation Make People Uncomfortable?

Here is an interesting blog post by  Dr. Raymond Jewell that clearly illustrates the Power of Gratitude.

I recently met with a person who I sent a Gratitude greeting card to, and she said to me, " I want to share something with you, the card you sent made me uncomfortable." My comment to her was "I am sorry that it made you uncomfortable, that was not the intention." She was much older than I and she said "if I didn't know you I would have thought you were trying to pick me up."

I said to her, "The intention is to send gratitude and appreciation to people who are not expecting it. But sending out appreciation and gratitude to people is counter intuitive to our culture and sometimes it might make people uncomfortable. We are always expecting something in return from people so Giving to Give is many times a foreign thought. "

She said " Now that I know why you sent it, I will be open to when you do it again." WOW! She is expecting me to send more Gratitude cards to her. Amazing how that changed her way of looking at what I did. Feeling the power of Gratitude is something that everyone in the world should experience. YOU can experience it for yourselves by simply clicking on the video to right of this article. Go ahead and see for your self!

Gratitude and Appreciation to you,
Dr. Raymond Jewell

http://showgratitudechallenge.com/article/does-appreciation-make-people-uncomfortable?highview&goback=.mid_I488962029*417_*1.gmp_4621839