ASK for it and Maybe YOU Will Get IT

Each day, I take time to really listen to my co workers and family and friends.  I noticed one day that there was not a single person my day that actually had a nice or positive thing to say.  It was a shocking revelation.  That is what led me to start keeping a tally of conversations I would overhear or was a part of.  The tally was simple, it consisted of positive, negative, complaint and complement.


For an entire month, from March 15th to April 15th, I had heard 187 conversations.  Of that 187 conversations, 169 of them were negative complaints.  That was shocking to me.  Then it dawned on me that most of the complaints I could recall were always about something the person did not get.  Whether it was a nice birthday present or a promotion or the rebate they were promised.  At first I thought that this must mean that all people generally just like to complain.  But is that true?  Do they complain about anything just so they have something to talk about?


Years ago, I had read a book that taught you the art of asking for anything and getting it.  So I decided to expand my research for a week and as I heard complaints about how this one or that one didn't get this or that, I would ask one simple question, "Did you ask for it?"  Shockingly enough, the answers ranged from a simple NO to "Well, I tried".  Do people really think that the world is just going to GIVE them what they want and that the world KNOWS what THAT is?


Is the concept of asking for what it is that you want in life that difficult to understand?  I watched a couple of my coworkers try their hand at asking for what they wanted.  I laughed so hard I literally fell out of my seat.  That little mishap created an even larger laughter.  Needless to say, I didn't make any friends that day.  But really, does any human being with a brain cell really think they will get ANYTHING by being demanding and mean?  REALLY?


There is an old saying that you can catch more bees with honey than you can with vinegar.  So the next time you want something, try being kind or sweet and simply ASK for whatever it is you want and just maybe you will get it.  What a concept?