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We all to often forget how important it is to say thank you to others, forgetting how good it feels to us when someone expresses thanks for something we have done.<\/span><\/p>\n

I did not realize, did not appreciate at the time, the gift my mother and father gave me when they made me sit down during the Christmas holidays and write thank you notes for gifts received. At the kitchen table it was \u201cPlease pass \u2026\u201d and \u201cThank you.\u201d In public it was \u201cWhat do you say? Please or Thank You.\u201d<\/p>\n

It left me with a set of manners that is an integral part of my nature. I was reminded of this today by feedback on how pleased a note of thanks had made the people who had given me a much needed and treasured helping hand.<\/p>\n

I am not good at asking for help and sometimes struggle to find the right words to say \u201cThank you\u201d appropriately. But give me a pen or keyboard and I produce a thank you note grounded in those Christmas holiday (wasting) notes of my youth.<\/p>\n

So I was glad that taking a little time to express my thoughts and feelings about how much I valued the help and friendship I received pleased those who I wrote the note for.<\/p>\n

Ii also got me to thinking about what would happen if we all took the time to ask \u201cPlease\u2026\u201d and say \u201cThank you\u201d. I would certainly disperse a great deal more civility into our society. Which begs the question of what would flow from this civility? Courtesy, consideration, concern, caring, compassion, contemplation, consequence?<\/p>\n

We are always going on about how bad society is getting, all the problems in the country and world and\u2026 and\u2026 and \u2026<\/p>\n

What if part of the solution is as simple as an increased level of civility? I see no reason not to experiment with this propitious proposition \u2013 join me?<\/p>\n

Please and Thank You.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We all to often forget how important it is to say thank you to others, forgetting how good it feels to us when someone expresses thanks for something we have done. I did not realize, did not appreciate at the time, the gift my mother and father gave me when they made me sit down during the Christmas holidays and write thank you notes for gifts received. At the kitchen table it was \u201cPlease pass \u2026\u201d and \u201cThank you.\u201d In public it was \u201cWhat do you say? Please or Thank You.\u201d It left me with a set of manners that is an integral part of my nature. I was reminded of this today by feedback on how pleased a note of thanks had made the people who had given me a much needed and treasured helping hand. I am not good at asking for help and sometimes struggle to find the right words to say \u201cThank you\u201d appropriately. But give me a pen or keyboard and I produce a thank you note grounded in those Christmas holiday (wasting) notes of my youth. So I was glad that taking a little time to express my thoughts and feelings about how much I valued the help and friendship I received pleased those who I wrote the note for. Ii also got me to thinking about what would happen if we all took the time to ask \u201cPlease\u2026\u201d and say \u201cThank you\u201d. I would certainly disperse a great deal more civility into our society. Which begs the question of what would flow from this civility? Courtesy, consideration, concern, caring, compassion, contemplation, consequence? We are always going on about how bad society is getting, all the problems in the country and world and\u2026 and\u2026 and \u2026 What if part of the solution is as simple as an increased level of civility? I see no reason not to experiment with this propitious proposition \u2013 join me? Please and Thank You.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-419","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\nSaying Thank You. - James W. Breckenridge<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jameswbreckenridge.ca\/?p=419\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Saying Thank You. - James W. Breckenridge\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"We all to often forget how important it is to say thank you to others, forgetting how good it feels to us when someone expresses thanks for something we have done. 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