you can tell a lot about people...

i'm glad my parents taught me to be grateful for the little and big things in life. sometimes i feel like people today just don't get it. showing generosity, displaying random acts of kindness, providing encouragement, lending advice, offering a helping hand, honoring friendships...maybe we take these things for granted more than we think we do or even more than we realize. it is especially evident when things and situations change in your life that you notice it more. you begin to miss the people who share the same kind of values as you and then you value them more - their humor, smiles, oddities, sensibilities and even insensibilities, i suppose. i've begun to realize that you often give more than you receive. but i know that it isn't all about getting more or deserving more...it's about being grateful for the people who and the experiences that come in and out of your life...and leave the lasting impressions. what impressions are you leaving upon others?