Thank You Words

I am sitting in the lounge at Gatwick Airport in London, UK as I write this. The local newspapers fill my time as I await my flight.

One particular article in the Daily Mail reports that the phrase "thank you" is falling out of fashion. While many will still say thank you roughly 5,000 times per year, many more are replacing it with "cheers" or "ta" a third of the time.

Even the twenty-year olds are using more phrases such as "nice one" or "cool" as a replacement. Of all those polled, one in twenty believed "thank you" was not necessary in everyday conversation.

An interesting thing is that most will use the phrase in emails or text messages, but not in person.

For me, I believe it is important to say and be thankful. It provides others with the knowledge that you are appreciative of them no matter what the occasion might be. A clerk at the store, the newspaper vendor, your co-worker, a friend and your family.

It is quite easy to say and it never gets old.

So I am thankful for all that I have.

I am thankful for all of those that help me get through the day.

I am thankful for my co-workers, my friends and everything they are to me in life.

I am thankful for my family, my children, and my wonderful wife for each being an integral part of my existence.

I am thankful for my belief and faith in God for He sustains me and fills me with strength.

I am thankful and for that I say "thank you."