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“Thank you.” It’s one of the simplest phrases to utter — even babies can do it. It’s also one of the easiest phrases to feel you don’t hear enough, especially from your spouse.
We fall into routines, and it’s easy for those thank-you’s to fall through the cracks. But what if you focused less on the thank-you’s you hear and more on the thank-you’s you say? What if you chose to think less about any appreciation you feel you deserve and more about showing appreciation to your spouse for things large and small?
You might find thank-you’s tend to be contagious.
We should all aim to do things for our spouses, not to be recognized but out of love and a desire to be worthy of appreciation. Doing things for others without any expectation that a favor, act, or even a thank-you will be returned means finding satisfaction in the giving itself.
Whether its shown through those two powerful, little words, or via an unexpected hug, appreciation will always show itself — usually when you’re not chasing it.
“Don’t worry when you are not recognized, but strive to be worthy of recognition.” (Abraham Lincoln)
Peace begins with a pause,
Hal
