Even if it's just a pen...

Hi Hive Lovers

Often, you take small things for granted, even though it is those small things that will shape the big things in your life.

I am very grateful that I have been educated by my father about soft skills as a provision for my life now. I am very proud of my father, especially the way he taught me, which made all these soft skill lessons the basis for forming my character and personality now. Currently, I am returning to continue teaching these soft skills to my children.

All big things start with small things

There are many small things that some people consider trivial, especially regarding character and personality. I have been practicing for a long time and am in a long learning curve from my father, and one of them is about asking permission from other people first if I am going to borrow something, and I have to return it immediately after using it.

As an example, when I was seven years old, I had to ask my father's permission when I wanted to use my father's pen to write something. But I forgot to return the pen; I lost it, and in the end, I had to replace it with the money worth the pen by deducting it from my school's daily allowance. It was long ago, but I can remember the lessons contained therein very well.

A pen that is considered trivial

OK, a pen as an element of writing equipment provided by the office where you work probably won't mean anything to anyone who works there. Everyone can use it freely, even if the pen has been intended for someone and is on their work desk. If someone loses a pen, they can ask for it again at the inventory section at any time.

If you borrow a pen from your co-worker and don't return it to the owner, it might also be normal. But it will be a very extraordinary and amazing thing if you don't forget to return it to them or if you immediately return it whenever you remember.

Pen price

Even though what was borrowed and returned was just a pen or any item that, if valued in money, has no price value, Actually, there is something bigger and more valuable behind everything.

If you have experienced this, then you will gain respect from other people because you returned something you borrowed. On the other hand, you will also have respect for someone who has borrowed something and returned it to you.

When someone lends you something, it means they have placed great trust in you, and when you don't return it to them, they have lost nothing except their trust in you.

The more often you borrow other people's property and don't return it, the more you lose the trust and respect of other people.

If you can't maintain even a small trust given through a pen, then you will never gain great trust from other people, and be sure that the good and bad of your character and personality will develop through word of mouth in your environment.

A handful of pens

I just got a thank-you from a member of my team because I just returned a pen that I used to sign something. Actually, the pen had been in my shirt pocket for an hour because I forgot it, but I immediately looked for him to return it.

He had told me that he rarely had anyone return the small items they had borrowed. Many people do not have a problem with their items being borrowed and not returned; it is considered a normal thing.

This afternoon, before work hours ended, the owner of the pen I borrowed knocked on my office door, and he brought me a gift in the form of a handful of pens of various shapes and colors. I think positively that he is not reminding me of my forgetfulness, but he intends to make it easier for me if I need my pens.

Something may mean little to you, but it may have great value to someone. So, pay attention to the little things, and you will get big things from other people, even from paths and forms that you never expected.

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