Credit

When you are a part of a team, the rules are different.

A team is made up of individuals, who play their part, who perform to their abilities.

When someone doesn't do what they are supposed to, fingers are pointed.

Fingers might even be pointed at those, who shouldn't be blamed.

That's where a leader is tested.

That's when the resolve of a team is questioned.

Criticism is a tricky attribute. It needs to be aimed at those who deserve it, or those who don't deserve it but can take it.

Acclaim, too, is a tricky thing. Given to those who can't handle it, acclaim can cause complacency.

But I've seen the guilty walk free and the battlers take the hit.

People who have slogged all day and night over a poster without even starting on their assignments, haven't been told what a wonderful job they have done.

People who have done the running around at the last minute when there was nobody else to do it, when there was no other option, haven't been told that it wouldn't have been a success without their effort.

People who have worked their asses off to make a beverage that the layman would sit and sip and marvel at in the cold, haven't been told that it was the reason that the event was a success.

If criticism has to be handed out by the numbers, then why not applause?!

Maybe it's just not enough by my standards.

This is my way of paying tribute to them!