Tearing Others Down vs. Building Others Up

Appreciation is having admiration for others and communicating your approval to them!  It is taking the time to make those around you feel valued and needed.  Essentially, the ability to appreciate others forces us to take the focus off "self" and place it on others.

The opposite of appreciation would be things such as insensitivity, disrespect, callousness, and disapproval.  However, the biggest struggle people face when it comes to showing appreciation is PRIDE!  Pride does not allow people to be appreciative of others, because all it wants to do is concentrate on self.  Prideful people do not have the ability to see the contributions of other or express encouragement to them.  

The world is full of discouraging people who live to put others down; very few live to build others up!

Ask yourself...are you putting others down or building others up!