Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow.
Have you noticed how people seemed to have forgotten how to say thank you properly these days? When you have a done a favour for someone, or gone out of your way, sometimes the only response you get is a curt “cool”.
This is not a rant at changing times or the slang of modern vernacular, or how the use of the words “thank you” are decreasing.
Rather, it is a look at how we have to be mindful of the way we express thanks.
Imagine this scenario. You have forgotten your phone and someone from your home has to bring it to you, knowing that perhaps it is an important element you cannot leave home without. If they make a big trek to your location, and all they get for the efforts is the phrase “cool” or “nice one”, how do you think they feel?
The problem with phrases such as “cool” or “nice one” is that they are sometimes uttered unthinkingly out of embarrassment, but they are so ungracious that it almost normalises the efforts of others, almost as if the extra mile they have gone was an expectation.
Be gracious for the things in your life and around you. And try expressing it fully to your fellow human beings.