APPRECIATION

Appreciation is a response of great importance – with great powers.

It is a response which involves both, our brain as well heart. This starts with the involuntary act of the heart on recognizing the existence of beauty and feeling a rush of certain emotions: a sense of happiness, enthusiasm, love, gratitude, warmth, liberty, and more. It is the kind of feeling where one wants to exclaim the joy felt inside.

Though most times, while our heart is indulged in the beauty, the brain peeps in its little nose asking “Appreciating, huh?”

This is when the brain takes over slowly, followed by inspection, analysis, scrutiny, rationalization, and eventually criticism. Everything but what was heartfelt.

The important thing here is to realize why does our heart decide to give in to reasons and rationalization? And even more important is to know why do we let it give in? Was our heart ... afraid, jealous, and negative, pumped with ego, or was it just too proud to admit what it felt?

Every heart has a story - a different reason.

Because ...

Everyone is in a different maze - and everyone is trapped.

Though it is only when we decide to take a step ahead and search that we decide to liberate: from the fear, jealousy, pride, and negativity- and it is only when we let our hearts speak that we can liberate.

So, let us let our heart speak. 

Let us learn to appreciate: the beauty around, and therefore the beauty inside!