Tag: saying thank you

Acknowledge Gifts And/Or Assistance

I gave gifts
to quite a few loved ones
over the holiday season.

I didn’t receive
a single thank you
or heck, any acknowledgment
at all.

Not one person mentioned
the gifts I’d given them.

Which made me wonder
if I should give gifts
next year.

People think the same way
if we don’t thank them
for their advice
or their help.

They believe
we don’t truly
want it or value it.

If you DO
want it or value it,
take thirty seconds
out of your day
and thank the person.

That’s all
you have to say –
“Thank you.”

Those two words
will vastly improve
your relationship
with that person.

Thanking Others

I spent the weekend
with two loved ones
– an older loved one
and the younger loved one
who voluntarily takes care of her.

The extremely bitter
older loved one
didn’t say thank you
to the younger loved one
at all,
not once
during the entire weekend.

I was shocked
by the lack of gratitude.
And I told her that.

She said
if she said thank you
every time
he did something for her,
she’d be saying thank you
all the time.

I told her
yes, that’s what
she SHOULD be doing.
If he takes the time
to help her,
she should at least
take the time
to say two words in return.

Saying thank you
does a number of things.

It makes the other person
feel appreciated.
That alone is worth
uttering those two words.

But it also reminds us
that the other person
didn’t have to take
that action.
They could have ignored us
and walked away.
That’s ALWAYS an option.

It builds gratitude
within us
and gratitude
is the key to happiness.

Yep, we often increase our own joy
by thanking others,
by uttering those two short words.

Say thank you..
for the other person
and for yourself.