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Unit10ProfitsofPraise
Arewetooquicktoblameandslowtopraise?Itseemsweare.
It
wastheendofmyexhausting
first
dayaswaitress
inabusyNewYork
restaurant.
Mycaphadgoneawry,myapron
wasstained,
myfeet
ached.
Theloaded
trays
I
carried
feltheavierand
heavier.Weary
anddiscouraged,Ididn'tseemabletodoanything
right.
AsImadeoutacomplicated
check
for
afamily
withseveral
children
whohad
changedtheirice-creamorderadozentimes,Iwasreadytoquit.
Thenthefather
smiled
atmeashehandedmemytip.
"Well
done,"
hesaid.
"You've
lookedafterusreallywell."
Suddenly
mytiredness
vanished.
I
smiled
back,
andlater,
whenthe
managerasked
mehowI'd
likedmyfirst
day,
Isaid,
"Fine!"
Thosefewwords
ofpraisehadchanged
everything.
Praise
islikesunlight
tothehuman
sp