13. Thanking

The lessons in the primary school teach us to thank those who are providing help to us. In our childhood when we get a toffee we thank the Giver. In our teenager when we get a computer we thank the giver. In our adulthood when we get help to obtain a job we thank. Thanking is a never ending process for all the benefits that we receive. When we fail to thank we also fail to receive. Thanking for the sake of receiving does not necessarily fulfill the mission. Thanking is a form of showing gratitude and showering benevolence to the giver. Friends, colleagues, relatives and neighbors can play the form of a giver. They in turn play the role of a receiver as well. Receiver and giver are not designated for two different persons separately. It is the two different roles for a particular person.

Our understanding shall not be limited to our circle of people. The sole giver of the best is our Lord. He provides all that we lack rather than providing us all that we want. Thanking our Lord takes the foremost precedence to the rest of all people. In return what is there with us to give to the Lord? Simple, live according to His will. Thanking and praising our Lord shall encourage us to be in His shadow of peace, light and love. All honors, praise and all glory are due to Him. The practice of attending Sunday mass is a thanksgiving service that we render to Jesus, our Lord. Our unique relationship with the Lord is renewed to bring light unto us and to others.

How often do we thank ourselves? The answer may be ‘not even once’. When we find to know ourselves we understand that we too deserve to be thanked in one way or the other. Thus thanking ourselves is itself a self-motivation that inspires to go ahead in our quest for accomplishing the 3 goals, 1 vision.

I am obliged to thank the persons who have directly or indirectly helped in making this book. Even this book will not have been a reality if I have not put the 3 goals, 1 vision in action. Seed of 3 goals, 1 vision was possible because of the inspiration that came by the ideas and thoughts mentioned in the book itself. ‘Praise the Lord’.