{"id":169,"date":"2011-06-13T23:17:36","date_gmt":"2011-06-13T23:17:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.2soar.info\/word\/?p=169"},"modified":"2011-06-13T23:17:36","modified_gmt":"2011-06-13T23:17:36","slug":"gratitude","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ordinarylegacy.com\/word\/2011\/06\/13\/gratitude\/","title":{"rendered":"Gratitude"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Someone asked me today if they should send a thank you for an interview they had recently.\u00a0 The interview brought a smile to their face when they told me it was one of the best interviews they ever had. But\u2026they didn\u2019t want to seem over the top.\u00a0 My initial reaction was that you should never hesitate to say thank you.\u00a0 If you\u2019re grateful then you should show it.\u00a0 The old clich\u00e9 of what goes out will come back to you tenfold remains true.<\/p>\n<p>But all this talk of gratitude; what does it feel like?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The smile that comes to your face when you walk in your door.<\/li>\n<li>The smile that comes to your face when tears come to your sister\u2019s eyes after she discovers you\u2019ve cleaned her house while she was at work. \u00a0Even if she\u2019s threatening to take away your key\u2026\u2026not.<\/li>\n<li>The smile that comes to your face at the dogs running from one end of your apartment to the other when you get home from work.<\/li>\n<li>The smile that comes to your face every time you realize (over and over) that you\u2019re fulfilling your dear friend\u2019s dying request.<\/li>\n<li>The smile that comes to your face when spring brings perennial blooms.\u00a0 The perennials that were sent by friends when you put out the \u201ccan ya help a gardener\u201d email.<\/li>\n<li>The smile that comes to your face when your best friend loves your idea for her website\u2019s tag line.<\/li>\n<li>The smile that comes to your face when you cross the Sagimore Bridge on to the Cape.<\/li>\n<li>The smile that comes to your face when you find an Adirondack chair outside the dumpster that only needs a few screws and some paint to make it fabulous.<\/li>\n<li>The smile that comes to your face when every single unexpected thank you that you deliver is met with a thank you back.\u00a0 Best one was the \u201cthank you for doing a wonderful job on my porch\u201d and the \u00a0coffee I offered to the mason fixing my front porch who got a pretty good beating from me the day before for stomping my flowers.\u00a0 A stuttering thank you is especially endearing.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The point is that anything that brings a smile to your face can be considered a thing of gratitude.\u00a0 You don\u2019t have to say it out loud you just have to feel that smile spread across your face changing your whole demeanor and bringing you to that place of knowing you\u2019re grateful.\u00a0 Gratitude is heartwarming, fulfilling and contagious.\u00a0 The more gratitude you have the more you will find to be grateful for.\u00a0 I know like I know that I am thankful every day for the life I now lead, it truly brings a smile to my face.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Someone asked me today if they should send a thank you for an interview they had recently.\u00a0 The interview brought a smile to their face when they told me it was one of the best interviews they ever had. 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