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In our life, we have rarely expressed our gratitude to the one who’d lived
those years with us. In fact, we don’t have to wait for anniversaries to thank
the ones closet to us—the ones so easily overlooked. If I have learned anything
about giving thanks, it is this: give it now! while your feeling of appreciation
is alive and sincere, act on it. Saying thanks is such an easy way to add to the
world’s happiness.
Saying thanks not only brightens someone else’s world, it brightens yours.
If you’re feeling left out, unloved or unappreciated, try reaching out to
others. It may be just the medicine you need.
Of course, there are times when you can’t express gratitude immediately. In
that case don’t let embarrassment sink you into silence-speak up the first time
you have the chance.
Once a young minister, Mark Brian, was sent to a remote parish of Kwakiutl
Indians in British Columbia. The Indians, he had been told, did not have a word
for thank you. But Brian soon found that these people had exceptional
generosity. Instead of saying thanks, it is their custom to return every favor
with a favor of their own, and every kindness with an equal or superior
kindness. They do their thanks.
I wonder if we had no words in our vocabulary for thank you, would we do a
better job of communicating our gratitude? Would we be more responsive, more
sensitive, more caring?
Thankfulness sets in motion a chain reaction that transforms people all
around us—including ourselves. For no one ever misunderstands the melody of a
grateful heart. Its message is universal; its lyrics transcend all earthly
barriers; its music touches the heavens.
（兼职编辑：张博） |
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发表于 2016-7-10 11:39:03