Are you free tomorrow? No! I am expensive.⌛️💰⏳

Abc- Hey, Hi there. Are you home , i am coming?

Xyz- I’ll see you in 5 min?

Abc- I am just a call away, feel free anytime.

Abc-Hey, i need you, where are you?

Xyz- Sorry, couldnt pick your call , was running with errands.

Xyz- Am busy, can i call back later?

So familiar these sentences sound. If you are a person who is always there for your near and dear ones then I am sure you got the gist. Time and again, you must have made yourself available, be it at wee hours. Now when its your turn to seek help, do you receive the same enthusiastic response?

Well! Many are lucky to receive but majority does not. Its the testing times that show real face of your near and dear ones, friends , family , associates or aquantainces. Professionally or personally, either ways. Summing up these experiences may make you bitter. Your approach changes along. Next time you too think twice before putting the sign board of “I am there for you” or “I am available.”

He who undervalues himself is justly undervalued by others. – William Hazlitt.

When you’re always there for people they stop appreciating you because your favors are now an expectation.Being with someone who doesn’t appreciate you isn’t loyalty, its stupidity. I vouch, i’ve faced tonnes of such happenstance. Nonetheless, I was equally blessed with a set of keepers or the ones who are always there for me, my blessings in factuality. All in all, I’ve learnt to perceive and percolate.

Further, its self value which is more important over everyone. It’s important to draw a line of margin for yourself where in you are not taken for granted. Stooging may not be of help always or anyways. Therefore you have to act pricey at times to buoy up your self esteem. You may differ here with me . I do not preach to be selfish or mean.I agree, there are exceptions. It solely depends or matters on ; as for whom you are dealing with. My Savoir Faire attitude is a by product gained from the sum total of such experiences.

I recently read a short story on a website , let me share it here:

A popular speaker started off a seminar by holding up a $20 bill. A crowd of 200 had gathered to hear him speak. He asked, “Who would like this $20 bill?”

200 hands went up.

He said, “I am going to give this $20 to one of you but first, let me do this.” He crumpled the bill up.

He then asked, “Who still wants it?”

All 200 hands were still raised.

“Well,” he replied, “What if I do this?” Then he dropped the bill on the ground and stomped on it with his shoes.

He picked it up, and showed it to the crowd. The bill was all crumpled and dirty.

“Now who still wants it?”

All the hands still went up.

“My friends, I have just showed you a very important lesson. No matter what I did to the money, you still wanted it because it did not decrease in value. It was still worth $20. Many times in our lives, life crumples us and grinds us into the dirt. We make bad decisions or deal with poor circumstances. We feel worthless. But no matter what has happened or what will happen, you will never lose your value. You are special – Don’t ever forget it!”

The aftermath for me is I am expensive. Am not for free , if and only if you take me as an option and not a priority.

Be expensive! Be recherché! Enjoy being priviledged!

-Jimmy

Story source:

4recruitmentservices.com