Saying "thank you" just seems like a given. Or it used to. Someone bestows a gift of some sort on us, and we reply with our gratitude. But did you ever consider that expressing gratitude is a gift itself? 

 

We have the opportunity to impact those closest to us with respect and consideration, connecting with them on a deeper level. And it is partly through gratitude that we can deepen those relationships.

 

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• This episode: smonty.co/fullmonty56
• "Thank You, Ma'am" by Langston Hughes
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Credits:

Theme song: Afternoon by Maestross is on a royalty-free license from Jamendo.com.

 

Image: The First Thanksgiving at Plymouth by Jennie Augusta Brownscombe, 1914 (Wikipedia - public domain)

 

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