adminShame Isaki
IT’S AMAZING how time flies and before we realise it we are already in December, the last month of the year. It’s that time of the year when people look back and reflect on the successes and failures of the passing year. Though people these days are not so fussy about making resolutions at the beginning of the New Year because of the prolonged hardships Zimbabwe is going through which makes setting and achieving targets a nightmare, some do still make plans for the New Year, and this is the time to review the past.
However difficult or unpredictable the environment might be, it is still advisable to plan for your life. It’s said that if you don’t plan you plan to fail. For those who realised their dreams, resolutions or plans this year we say congratulations and to those who couldn’t make it we say try again, that’s not the end of the road.
You can draw some lessons from your failures. In all this that has happened to us in the past eleven months, good or bad, we should still be able to look back and mark out those moments or people we ought to appreciate or say thank you to for what they could have done to or for us as the year progressed.
The purpose of this article is to teach someone to learn to appreciate others. Readers can agree with me that there are people in this life who are so negative and unthankful that they seem never to see any good someone does to them.
This type of person is always complaining and very quick to pick out mistakes. If such a person is your boss the only time they talk to you is when you mess up and however much you try your best to perform well, they don’t care. If it’s your husband It’s either they are complaining about the way you dress, or they are not enjoying your food or he doesn’t like the way you treat his parents. His eyes are blind to all the good you do to him. There is a very important lesson I have learnt in life: there is something good in every human being no matter how bad or despised they are. It’s important to say, ‘thank you’ to a person or people who have done us good. There are people who take their ungratefulness even to God. The children of Israel perished in the wilderness because of ungratefulness.
They were always complaining, forgetting all the good that the Lord had done. If you really want God to bless you then you should start to appreciate Him for the little things He has done for you. Jesus Christ healed 10 lepers in the Bible but only one came back to say thank you Lord.
To show that what this thankful former leper had done was important Jesus asked about the other 9 lepers and they were nowhere to be found and he went on to pronounce total healing on the former leper’s whole life.
The ungrateful 9 lepers may have received physical healing but the thankful leper was made whole which means that every part of his body which may have been deformed as a result of the disease was completely restored and not only that the essence of his life was touched too. Great things happen when we are grateful.
If you want to see the best of your wife or husband begin to show them that you appreciate them. Say thank you for all they do for you. Often times we tend to realise how valuable someone has been in our lives when either they are gone or they are dead.
Right now we can make a big difference in their life by just saying “Thank you”. Employees produce more when they are appreciated and bosses also can do wonders when we take time to acknowledge their value to us. A congregation can take time to appreciate its pastors and leadership while the pastors can take time to appreciate their followers.
Everyone wants to be appreciated and it is actually a human need. If you actually want to make it in life then avoid the company of people or a person who is always pointing out your shortcomings because they kill your spirit.
Thank you Lord. I say thank you to my sweetheart, mum and dad and siblings. I won’t forget you dear reader, you have been an encouragement. Thank you the Manica Post Family: The Editor, Mr Hatred Zenenga, News Editor, Mr Cletus Mushanawai, Eunice, Liberty, Nyadzayo, Ngoni, Ray, Mercy, the list is long. It was wonderful working with you guys. My clients I won’t forget. Last but not least I won’t forget co-workers in Christ:- Apostle Jaka, Pastor Don Puller, Pastor Mleya, Apostle Sithole. You are all special to me even if I haven’t mentioned your name. Thank you guys!
Shame Isaki is a preacher, socio-political commentator and can be contacted on 08644105117/ 0773 018 662
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