A Little Thanks Goes A Long Way

I still remember being a little girl with a lot of wants and needs. It didn't matter what it was that I wanted, it was why I had to have it. You know, because I would just die without it! My life would be over! I was pretty spoiled as a kid but I would like to think that was because I was very well mannered. I may have been the only kid that would call their friends houses and say, "Hi! May I speak with _____ please?" I got that from my sister. I don't know where she got it from but I remember watching her and thinking to myself that it sounded real nice. Like a tall cool glass of chocolate milk. That may or may not have been a reference to black men...

The point is, if I asked for something, my mom would say, "how do you ask for something?" and I would get red faced and embarrassed that I forgot and look up and say, "Pleeeeeeeasssse". If that were to score me what I wanted, she would remind me by saying, "What do you say?", and I would run and hug everyone in the room screaming "Thank you! Thank you!"

Thanking people is severely underrated these days I feel. We have all worked in thankless jobs, done thankless deeds around the house, and performed thankless acts of kindness to strangers but enough is enough. It takes less than a second to extend a warm thanks to someone for something that they did that in some way shape or form, made your day better. I may sound like a real idiot when I yell out my car window with a cheesy smile, "Thanks!" when someone lets me go first when they didn't have to, but you can tell by their reaction (even if it is an awkward stare), that they appreciate it.

Nobody is perfect, not even me. I know, I know, it's hard to believe. We all get so busy in our lives and our minds are racing a mile a minute with lists of what we have to do and not forget. Well, we all need to add to that long list - not to forget to say thank you once in awhile. Whether you work in a job where you have plenty of people to thank each day and you don't, or you have friends that don't often get "thanks" and they deserve it, or if it is a complete stranger that goes out of their way; a little thanks goes a long way. To be grateful for what you have, is to be fulfilled in your walk through life.

Thank you from the bottom of my heart.