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acceptance of our place in the world, gratitude, Happiness Between Tails, humanity, loved, not alone, poems, poetry, small acts of kindness, Support, thanks, valued
I’ve been privileged to guest-blog on “Happiness Between Tails” by Daal. I’d like to thank her for the opportunity and the pleasure it has given me. Thank you Daal.
Thank You
Thank you. Two small words. How often we use these words each day, so that it has become watered down and is said sometimes without much thought to what it really means. But these two words are an indication of our knowledge of the place we hold in this vast universe. What a huge thought! Let’s think about this: thank you means that we are not alone. To say “thank you” indicates that there is someone else there and that we are part of a great scheme. A scheme which we cannot comprehend in all its entirety. The complexity of life is such that we cannot hope to ever understand all that it is: only parts are revealed to us and each of us experiences these parts in varying degrees dependent upon our life experiences.
So when we say thank you, we are accepting that we are…
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Thank you, Marie, both for writing this on my blog as well as for reposting it here. I’m proud to be in any way affiliated to such a kind thinker 🙂
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The feeling is mutual Daal. I’m so thankful that we have this connection. 🙂
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I feel one of the main reasons it’s watered down is due to the guilt people carry. Would you thank a waiter for terrible service? Great post
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Thanks again, Tareau. My you have been busy on my blog which reminds me I have to look in on you again soon.:) Yes people do say thank you to things that they are not really thankful for, simply because it’s easier than making a fuss and thereby it has no real meaning. Great that you spotted this.
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For me it’s people using karma for bad. Like if “I say thank you to everybody, something amazing will happen to me!” Karma is supposed to be used without notoriety ya know?
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You’re a philosopher and a scholar! 🙂
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Lmfao no, I’m far from that, just a dude who over thinks stuff
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Well that happens to be the definition of a philosopher and a scholar in my book! Hope you’re having a good day. It’s early morning there isn’t it?
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Yea I live in San Francisco and it’s fleet week so I’m Bout to start my day. I wake up every day around 5am. Hahhhaha
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5 am? That’s early. My day starts about 8am – guess that’s the middle of the night for you? lol San Francisco: I’d love to visit there!
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San Francisco is lovely but it’s changed. There’s no culture here anymore.
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Oh what a shame. Excuse me while I go and cancel my plane ticket.lol
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Hahahahha. I’m a native here in the city and was a tour guide here as well. I could tell and show people everything but it’s hurtful because the black and brown population is almost non existing here. For a city who prided itself on diversity, the black population is around 5%. (around 35,000) Although there is alot of fortune 500, tech, industries, and start ups, they don’t employ too many blacks nor promote us. Systematic racism at its finest. But if you and your love ones ever make it here I can tell you where to go what to see, eat, drink, where to stay away from landmarks etc.
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Thank you so much for giving me a little background detail on San Francisco. I’m so sad that there is so much racism and that the African/American population are getting such a raw deal. My heartfelt and sincere feelings are winging their way to you even though I had to cancel the flight. Yes I’d very much like to have your input as regards where to go and what to see if I visit. That means you have to keep reading my posts – deal? lol
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No deal hahahahahhahahahahah. My big head has read too much for today hahahahaha.
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I didn’t mean you had to read more poems today. I meant in the future! You can’t promise to be my tour guide and then “no deal”. I won’t allow it! lol You go and rest now hahahahahah
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Gratitude is one of the main principles of any philosophical way of being, so I love this post. I do hope that people put it into practice as a way of life, and not merely something else to be checked off…like being mindful.
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Thank you Kathy. I see the storm hasn’t stopped you from commenting – thank goodness. Your comments are as usual spot on and much appreciated. It is my hope too that people put gratitude into practice by adopting an attitude of thankfulness in their daily lives so that they actually become an expression of gratitude. I hope this makes sense.
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I have thought a great deal about this post. That the author can still — after the hardships she has been through — recognize and express these human connections is amazing. The post is a reflection both of her courage and her gentle soul. ❤
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Thank you dear friend. Words fail me. But I’ll try … I don’t understand why I’ve been through those hardships (as have many, many others), but I know that those hardships have made me recognise the deep hurts and pain that are part of our life experience. I know there are many times that I have wanted to be soothed and taken care of, so I feel others are crying out for this too. If my words can give someone comfort and a feeling that despite what they have been through, are going through, there will be better days, then my suffering has not been in vain. As Christ said, when talking about loving others, the second great commandment is “You shall love your neighbour as yourself”. I try to spread a little love each day. 🙂
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Thank you for the link to my post, Anna. It is a privilege to have made a small contribution to your post “Gratitude”.
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