I don't really remember when I exactly started thanking, appreciating or apologizing whenever needed irrespective of my relationship with that particular individual. I think i have incited this in my brother too. I thank. I appreciate. I tell sorry. I think this must be a norm. I thank even my mother even when she gets me a glass of water. I thank the auto driver too. Many a times the word thank you might mean so much more to someone even if it seems like a simple word for us. I always feel, smile is the biggest token of appreciation. Have you ever felt, when you cook something for someone or when you offer a candy to a kid while trying to make friendship, or when you do something for others who cannot give you anything in return and they have this big smile on their face, and then that's it, you have that lingering feeling as if it was all worth it, the struggle to cook, that effort to talk sweetly, that endeavor to help someone in need,they were all valuable indeed. So i always had this smile on my face constant. Who knows, we might make someone's day, we might help someone go through a difficult way, sometimes a smile can cure a disease or take away someone's pain. It is an appreciation to those workers on the street, it's an assurance of your support to a neighbour and a friendly welcome to a stranger. I later developed this strange habit of smiling at things and beings we took for granted. I used to smile at sun, sometimes wave at him too. Thank a spider for being an extraordinary philosopher. Appreciate plants and trees for giving us everything without any expectations. I admired few insects and birds for their incredible incomparable skill in building nests and hives. I admired cactus for its persistence. I looked at life with a different perspective. I don't know how it all started. But i am grateful. Otherwise I would have regretted not noticing life's living exemplary examples. Same way I apologized profusely. To strangers, animals, plants, ants, every other creature on earth whenever i did something to hurt them. I feel everyone should understand these three fundamentals of life.. Acknowledging, appreciating and apologizing. The 3 A's of life are the 3 ace of life