The Day After Tomorrow
On Friday we’ll all be thinking that the Turkey with all the trimmings was delish‘ and now everyone’s back home with their own leftovers for a week of inventive culinary uses of turkey and stuffing. But what’s this? Gift giving holidays are just around the corner! This means you either need to head to the shopping malls or hunker down on your computer to shop on the internet so gifts arrive in time for those holidays. Yikes! No wonder it’s been called BLACK FRIDAY what with long lines, irritable customers (might this be because of all the sugar they’re consuming?), traffic jams, etc.
Paradigm shift
My friend, Jim Frank from the Malvern Sweat Lodge, makes a different suggestion. He suggests calling the day after Thanksgiving, "You’re welcome day". If we are saying, "Thank you" on Thursday then it naturally makes sense, he reasons, to say, "You’re welcome" on the next day. Sounds good to me.
Saying "You are welcome"
What does it mean to say, "you’re welcome" and really mean it? It moves us from wherever we are into a state of giving even more. We are expressing our own appreciation at being able to give. It means that we give without expecting back, that we love for the sake of loving, that we offer our help out of the kindness of our hearts. "You’re welcome" says, "I love you", "you matter to me", and "you are worthwhile". What a lovely blessing.
Thanks Jim.
And I know he’ll say, "You’re welcome".
"HeyO Dawn, brilliant!!! Yup, I say You’re Welcome. Delightful that you are spreading the good word. Thanks"-jimf