People have a hard time with offering thanks to others. This is true even though it is obvious to offer thanks. If we feel we do not need appreciation from others for the things we do for them, we will likely ignore giving thanks for those things they do for us. It is natural. We do not expect any gratitude for doing natural things. As a result, an unnoticeable pattern develops. A pattern to ignore giving thanks when someone else does natural things for us occurs.
Maybe that is why thankfulness is in such short supply. Maybe the lack of thanks is due to the fact that we do not expect a thank you for ourselves. As a result, we do not expect to offer it to anyone else.
It seems to be a good quality when someone recognizes how to give thanks when it deserves attention. I know for me, it always sounds cool when someone gives special thanks to someone else. I have never argued with them about that gift. Never.
It takes a short memory to give thanks.
Give thanks. It is far better than giving a bad-mannered display of dissatisfaction.
None thanked is no thanks. Some thanked is thank you. Some is better than none.
The only way to win an argument is to be in the right. And if you thank the enemy for his thoughts, you are in the right.
If someone offers you an unwelcome gift, maybe an unwanted argument, and you refuse it, they may be persistent enough to try delivering it again. If you thank them for it, they got what they wanted and may actually leave satisfied. What was your real goal? To win the argument or have that unpleasant person leave so you can return to your peace? Clean up your goals and thank everyone who becomes dissident to you. You may actually learn how to find pleasure in it.
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