There is a universal feeling of thankfulness that we all experience.  We all feel thankful at moments in our life.  When good things happen or we are finishing up a season that has been rough, we are thankful.  We all have emotions of gratitude, but when it comes to expressing thanks to others, it often doesn’t come naturally or effortlessly.  But when gratitude is not expressed, it conveys a message in the relationship with the other person of not seeing or recognizing that person or their efforts in serving.  And if you were to bring up the subject of one’s unexpressed thanksgiving, it makes you feel uncomfortable (could I at least get a thank you).  

Unexpressed thanksgiving leaves people often feeling “taken for granted.”  One may feel thankful but unexpressed thankfulness is experienced as ingratitude to the other person in the relationship.  It is the expression of thanksgiving that leaves one feeling appreciated and accepted, not the emotion of gratitude.  Hearts naturally gravitate toward recognition and gratitude.

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