Jun 08 2009
“If the only prayer you said in your whole life was, ‘thank you,’ that would suffice.”
“If the only prayer you said in your whole life was, ‘thank you,’ that would suffice.”
Meister Eckhart
Oh we all already know that I strongly agree with this quote!
One of my very first posts was asking if you show enough appreciation to everyone around you. The one thing that we find it very simple to forget is to just say ‘thank you’ every time someone deserves it. Do you ever go out to lunch with a friend you want to catch up with? You have so much to tell them and so little time to get it all out? Then when your waitress comes back, to drop off your refilled water you forget to pause and say a quick ‘thank you’? Yes, it is her job, but it is your job to still show everyone kindness, respect, and common decency. Trust me, when someone who works in customer service of any sort and they are having a bad day hearing your kind upbeat ‘thank you’ will help to uplift their day a little bit more.
Does your husband always take the trash out, run by the store when half way through dinner you realize you don’t have something you need, or wash your car for you? Do you remember to tell him thank you, even though he should help you out? Sometimes with people close to us we get into routines so much that we forget to really appreciate what they do actually do for us. Yes maybe you do always do a lot more than him, but reward him for what is done and he will keep increasing what he does! Just think about how much you remember those people who showed you such respect… don’t you want to be remembered for being kind and respectful?
This quote is great; you need to realize that showing appreciation is extremely important in life! A small gesture can go a long way, if we let it! We all need to know what we do does matter and is appreciated, no matter how small of a gesture it may be. Thank you for taking the time to read this post, and actually think about what it says! 
