"Thank You"

It seems to be that the simplest acts of kindness can be the hardest and also the most significant.  At its core, saying "Thank you" is nearly effortless.  We say it for nearly everything.  A piece of candy, a tissue, a use of stapler, transferring a call.  Yet when the thanks is important, it can be nearly too daunting to manage.

I finally said "Thank you" to someone last week.  A mere stranger that I never forgot.  I had thought about it for months--well over a year.  I had meant to do it, but the thought of facing this person that I owed such gratitude shadowed my courage and kept me away.

I'm not sure what I expected out of it.  I didn't expect to see him at all, but he was there, working at the same restaurant.

I told him thanks.  And it was as if I gave him everything.

It is a unique past experience that he and I share, which upped the ante of thanks.

But at the base of it, giving thanks can be monumental.

I didn't think it would affect him.  Saying thanks was for me.  But it meant more to him than anything I could have fathomed.

Saying "Thank you." An invaluable act of kindness.