Do you feel appreciated?

I have felt this sense of disconnect. It can make it hard to internalize it even when one IS appreciated.

@TheHorse There is a future I want, but it is hard to reach out to it like I once could. In the past I was driven to achieve it, but now that I can do so, it has never felt farther away. I often wonder what it is I'm waiting for? There's no logical excuse that I can possibly think of now.

Do not worry, I appreciate you and your intelligence. You are really one great person with unique talents.

I'm glad your family was there to make you feel loved and appreciated. It's interesting how far a little thanks/appreciation can go.

That's an important person to have appreciate you!

@TheHorse Being appreciated by the person who lives with you and share your life is important.

@LadyDuck It's the MOST important, I think.

Yes, if one helps others consistently, it comes to be "expected."

@andriaperry I reckon they "expected" these good deeds from you?

@TheHorse Last year I backed off on doing good deeds to many. Its funny I have not heard from those people either.

@anamika161088 Exactly.

Yes! Ideally self-reward would be enough. But in the real world, we need some strokes from others.

@TheHorse Agree.. After all human is a. Social animal..

Mine goes from slightly happy (I'm an optimist) to very happy.

@SRSaba It is.

@TheHorse it is good!

I think it would improve worker morale and increase productivity.

@TheHorse You never remember your dreams? I see shark taking a good bite from my mid part and me staring straight at its eye numb with pain..I am terrified of sharks. And the guy who asked me to adopt him...he said "I have never felt so loved in recent times" when he came to my place. Groan...that is so odd from a grown up coming to our place the first time, with whom I hardly kept in touch...just enough to see he feels comfortable to stay at my place when he comes here for treatment, so that he can save on stay charges, works to100 dollars per visit. Helping people often gets me into such soup. Still I continue..who knows, I might come across goldmine. lol. So one bad apple or even 100 bad apples don't deter me. You are different I know. :) Here is how those flatterers work. Read thesids response on June 6th in my box...he began with "loved the way you wrote it" and second one "knowing the loving lady you are"...despite me having expressed all my views not only on boards several times before, but also verbally at my home, and again in that box, he still believed he could with get away with his wishes with such flattery.. these people don't accept gentle "no" or even blunt "no" as was in this case. Note he called my father "grandpa". LOL. He was not accepting the gentle no. Lucky me, porridge and hora understood what I was saying.

@vandana7 I'll check it out. As for dreams, I DO remember many of them. I used to write them down and look for patterns.

Goodness...not sure that I'm remember now that I've had a full day of work. Oh, do tell! Now you have me curious!

That's true.

Thank you! I believe you're the first person to mention that. Are you searching for another, similar job?

@TheHorse Yes, I think when my husband gets one I will go back out and find one as well. I hope to get back into the same type of work. I don't know how anyone else missed it.

Me too. Sometimes it's a pleasant surprise.

Why is that? Have you now been "out there"? Thanks for taking the time to leave a comment!

I feel the same way. But I try to enjoy the process as much as the product.

@Hannihar You know what I mean, Jelly Bean? I enjoy doing stuff (today, I was asked to fix a play structure and did so with the "help" of some of the kids), but I also enjoy it if someone appreciates my efforts. We'll see if anyone thanks me for fixing the play structure tomorrow. I did it late in the afternoon.

@TheHorse ok The Horse.

I believe they do.

I agree entirely.

I may subject myself to the same treatment. I hear it's good for lower back pain.

I've felt that way at a couple of jobs.

What line(s) of work are you in?