Today I felt grateful for the sense of accomplishment that happens when something gets done - whether it be "small" or "large" or in between. And sometimes it's a subtle thing that gets accomplished that nobody else can see but my spirit knows. Do you know what I mean? Maybe it's why I like a "to do" list. As I mark things off, no matter how intensive or laborious the task was I grow in feeling like I have accomplished something that day! And days that I don't feel like a thing has been accomplished are frustrating for me. I like to know that I was awake and participating in at least one productive thing each day. How about you? Have you ever thought about being grateful for something obscure like accomplishment?
There are two probable origins for this idiom and I think both are equally plausible. The first one is that when you spread butter on bread you are buttering it up like one would do when trying to flatter someone. The second is in ancient India there was a practice of throwing balls of butter at statues to ask for favor, i.e. buttering them up. ( source ) When we use the phrase today we generally mean that extreme flattery is used to gain information or favor. It's not always necessarily a compliment.
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