Appreciation

I am someone who has high expectations of myself (it's called an Unrelenting Standards Schema), and I tend to have those same expectations of others.  This morning it hit me that although I can kindly tell someone that I would appreciate that they do something for me, it is so much better to just appreciate something they have already done for me.  It is something that I should also do for myself--focus on the progress I have made rather than the progress I want to make.