Be Grateful, But Not Overly Grateful

Some of us have the tendency to be overly grateful to the good people and good things that happen in our lives — even to the point where we go overboard with the gratefulness.

Be grateful.

But don’t sign your life away because you are so grateful that you have to repay the person you’re grateful to.

Remember that gifts don’t need to be repaid. They need to be honoured. And when possible, passed forward.

People who ask for repayment for a gift aren’t giving you a gift in the first place — that was simply a transaction (perhaps delayed); a barter, if you will.