so lets consider you work in a company and you have people working with you and working under you( or you just have friends). One day on of your colleagues( say X) send you some flowers or lets say a good gift, or candles..

You send the Ms.X back  a thank you note- " Thank you for the flowers. It is really very kind of you"..

Guess what she is gonna do now... she folds your thank you note n then puts it into her dustbin.She knows that you are a nice person and as courtesy you will reply back...

now what should you do different to catch her attention and make her feel better?

you send a thank you note which says" Ms.X , thank you for the flowers. You have exquisite taste.I love the flowers and their sweet aroma....  "

now guess what happens... she calls her husband n shows it to him .... n says look i have an exquisite taste...  and she preserves your thank you note

:)

better than that you will recieve even more gifts...

Understand that the same rule applies in life too. If you start looking around yourself and thank everything you have from the depths of your heart... you will see how much you really have and you will not feel unhappy anymore.

What a great difference the real gratitude makes... dont be mundane in the way you thank people. Get to the specifics and enjoy. Remember unless you know the value and beauty of what you have, you will not get more.