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PRIVATE OR PUBLIC RECOGNITION
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At first when I saw this topic, I quickly agreed within me that I was going to be writing on it and here am I. Getting recognition for something is not bad at all whether publicly or privately, it all depends on your mindset and the situation. Before saying which I prefer, I want to tell you a short story which affected my decision.
There was a man who had a lot of money and property, he saw that his spiritual family (the church) were in need so he decided to sell all that he had to help them. After selling everything, he brought the money to his spiritual family (the church) and they were very happy about it. They appreciated him for what he has done because it was a good deed. They told the church about it and everyone was happy and people started good things about the person that made such huge donations to them.
Among them, there happened to be a couple who became jealous of the donor because of the praises he was receiving so they both decided to sell their own lands too so they could make their own donations as well. The sold their lands and they found out that the money was very huge, so they decided to hide some part of it and they went to the church to make their donations. It happened that they lied to the church that it was all the money they brought that they realized from selling the land. Because of them telling lies, they both died.
They were jealous of the man that made a genuine donation and while trying to imitate him, they both lost their lives. The reason why I told this story is because I learned some things from it. First, I learnt that when someone is appreciated publicly, it makes some persons want to imitate them and most times they don't end up well just like the couple in my story. I also learnt that appreciating someone for what they've done is good but we should mind how and where we appreciate them because we don't know who is watching or listening at that point in time.
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From the story above, you might have guessed what type of recognition I'd prefer. Well let me go straight, I'd prefer private recognition for many reasons of which I've mentioned some from the story above. I've done some good things and people have appreciated me for them and the times when they appreciated me publicly was not fun at all. I won't be giving any instances because that will be like me saying it publicly and thereby receiving some praises here but bear this in mindset, if you are appreciated privately, it does more good than harm. so this is where I'll end it. I hope you learn something from this and please don't forget to leave a thoughtful comment.