I remember when the kids were small and we'd constantly remind them to say "thank you."
It took awhile to learn the "TH" sound, so we heard a lot of:
Tank You!
or my favorite,
Fank You!
I was pretty surprised this morning when I learned how my oldest child recently gave thanks for ....well, for being punished.
Apparently, his teacher had given him a writing assignment as a consequence and he literally thanked her. (His sense of justice has always been strong.) I couldn't help but think I would never have had the same reaction. Instead, I would probably have pouted and had a pity party.
But thankfulness? Wow. See how that changes the entire circumstance?
Likewise, we are called to be thankful even in the midst of discipline or challenge.
It's not even a choice -- it's a command: be thankful!
"To give thanks in solitude is enough..." - Victor Hugo
1 comment:
awesome. i forget, have you read 'one thousand gifts'?
i will be sad when little man stops saying that he has the hip-ups *hic*.
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