It might seem strange to some but I have written on this subject a number of times.
I started it after about the umpteenth time I read in the Bible about Jesus healing the ten lepers. Okay. I admit. Sometimes I am a slow learner. Sometimes, people never learn I might add.
At any rate, only one returned and thanked Jesus who asked where the other nine were. In other words, about 90% are as grateful as we ought to be. Why can’t we take the few seconds to utter a genuine thank you?
Originally I only thanked God as I should have years earlier. Then it occurred to me, I should thank others as well. When those at a restaurant provide for me a meal and does the dishes for me, shouldn’t I thank them? Should I slight them because I am providing payment in return?
They look at me strange when I thank them at Chick-fil-A as I leave, but they always smile and that makes me feel better as it likely makes them feel better too.
It does somewhat turn things around. I mean, they are supposed to thank me, right, for doing business with them? I feel better when I beat them to it.
When I was in my youth, people were fought to say thank you, or sir or ma’am. I think it is all as important. However, most of us don’t act like that.
Regardless, when someone does something for you, make sure you don’t part ways without a good honest, “Thank you.”
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