Thank You – A Life-long Association

A child is born. Parents teach them the language they speak. It is taught to call his father and mother. As soon as he reached the power of speech, it is taught the three words of gold (as they are called) - please, sorry and I thank you. It is taught to throw a nice smile and pout 'Thank You' whenever it receives a favour or an object of a person. A good, obedient child widgets in his mind he should be grateful for everything he receives, he must be grateful to God, to his parents, his teachers, his elders and to everyone remotely connected to his well - being. The reason to be grateful rest with him for a short period only.

As they say, a potato rotted all the loot bag of potatoes. The case, however, is somewhat distorted in the context of our discussion. Here, the bag is full of rotten potatoes and a good potato is put inside it. The world is full of rude people, and it becomes extremely demanding of the boy to keep intact its ways facing misconduct mass. Cree and swearing is on the agenda. What the young man do then? Darwin had provided the solution for many a year ago - to adapt if you want to survive. That's what he did. It dispels the words "Thank You" from his vocabulary and adapts by adopting the "seize and pull the mode that is practical and consistent for all.

In his professional life, he learns to give a "thank you" to varying degrees of participation. It is immaterial for a formal and not the path ahead, it is desperately mercenary when it's undeserved monetary gain, and that is shamelessly flattering when an out-east favours turn what he need. He knows and understands that little impetus to an ego and a "thank you" can go a long way to cement business ties. So it goes back to his childhood used to say.

With the age, he can not say "thank you" more. The reason is very different this time. It is not impolite, it is speechless when he is granted a favour. Age makes it dependent and can no longer feel the vitality that makes him rely on its own members and spirit rather than someone else. It is based on people and they disappoint him mercilessly. When he does get an opportunity to say "Thank you", emotions suppress their language and the words come out of his eyes - grateful, relieved, wet.

In his last days, he feels the very essence of the word "thank you". He learns to thank someone up there for his life for his existence and his soul. He prays and thank you God to give him a good, long life. This silence "Thank You" becomes the heart of his communion with God. He feels grateful for the cool breeze, the hot sun, for the freedom he has received for its proximity to relatives and loved ones provide encouragement in his life. It exhaling its last breath thank the world for everything she gave him.

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Dorothy Smith, the author of this article, written on events and special occasions. Want to know more ways to say thank you or Thank You E-cards? Send free Father's Day Thank You cards and postcards.