Thank you
By MJ_Dakota
@MJ_Dakota (126)
United States
December 11, 2009 9:09am CST
Here is a pondering, a wonder that has been floating in the air around me lately. Does "thank you" need to be justified? What I mean is, when we give or receive thanks, must it be justified with, "thank you for..." or be given because of? Have you ever, just out of the blue, simply said, "Thank you"? No provocations of action for gratitude, no justifications of "for", just simply, "Thank you"?
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@sleepylittlerose (1648)
• United States
11 Dec 09
No the words Thank you do not need to be followed up with an for. If you are giving thanks for something often the person you are thanking already knows what he/she has done. I do sometimes just walk by someone that I have seen do a random act of kindness and say "Thank you." The person has not done anything for me but needs to be acknowleged for having done something kind for someone. Great topic. Thanks.
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@MJ_Dakota (126)
• United States
11 Dec 09
What a great act of kindness on your part to thank someone else's kindness.
The other day, I did not receive or have reason for thankfulness consciously, I guess you would say, but had this urge to give thanks. I just looked up into the sky and said, "Thank you." I felt so childishly giddy after doing this. I then started thinking about how many of us are thankful, just because.
Thank you for your reply.
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@sleepylittlerose (1648)
• United States
11 Dec 09
Did you ever consider that giddy feeling you had was your spiritual guide/being saying "Your Welcome."? I belive in life ever after and maybe your need to say Thank you was to a family member/friend/aquaintance that had passed on and you just had a quick memory of something kind they had done for you. It just gives you a warm fuzzy feeling to remember those things sometimes and give thanks for the memories.
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@MJ_Dakota (126)
• United States
12 Dec 09
What a pleasant thought. It does make sense that the feeling could have been a "you're welcome". But from whom the acknowledgement of the thank you was from will remain a spiritual mystery. A mystery of a smile.
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@borg246 (539)
• Malta
11 Dec 09
Not thank you, but thank's if it counts. Yes, I normally only use the word thank you and nothing else because in my mind, I wouldn't think of anything else to say, and, although might be a bit selfish, I find thank's quick and easy to use, so it comes out automatically by itself. An example of this, is what recently happend today.
Mom: "I have ironed your cloths for school tomorrow"
me: "Thank's" and I continue whatever I was doing. Even though the sentence doesn't seem complete, that's what happens.
@MJ_Dakota (126)
• United States
12 Dec 09
Thanks counts, but only if you mean it and it is not an auto-response. : ) Which leads me to another question. Many have turned thank you or thanks into auto-responses and although the politeness is nice, is it real thankfulness?
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