I have tried to make "thank you" what I say to anyone who has been of any assistance to me in anything that I try to do.

My Dr's office has been so wonderful at trying to make things work during this trying time of not being able to get my med through the pharmacy.....so I make sure that they know that I appreciate all that they have done to make the situation into the best it can possibly be.

When I was having problems getting the prescription filled, the person I talked to on the phone was wonderful at giving me the information about what was really going on & what & why there was this problem....even though I was so very frustrated & not a happy camper because there was a problem, I made sure that I thanked the person for taking the time to figure out what was going on & letting me know.

When I walked into the internet company the other day very angry that my internet was down & I couldn't even call because they phone was constantly busy....by the time they provided me with an understanding of what the problem was & let me know they were really working on the problem....all I could do was to thank the for the long hours they were putting it to make it right....rather than throwing complaints at them for the problem....it's much better to give them thanks for all the work they were really doing.

Had to chuckle about the thank you note thing.....I just finished writing the thank you notes from Christmas & my birthday (back in February). So many people don't even bother writing thank you notes anymore.....we seem to take for granted that we deserve what we get & we don't need to write thank you notes if we tell them thank you anyway....that should be enough right???? I know that even when I have been told thank you, that personal touch of a thank you note really makes me feel good....I have one gift that I went to a lot of trouble to make & then sent along with another present for the new baby of my friends first son & his wife....I never did get a thank you note from them.....I even wonder if they got the gift since I sent it to California.

I think that "thank you" are the most important words......in most cases, it helps me to look for the things that I am thankful for because it takes me out of the negative thinking that I can sometimes get into. Almost similar to the Pollyanna "glad game"....but I find that it puts me into a better mood & also puts the other people in a better mood because sometimes they are as frustrated as I am & are trying their hardest to do a good job even if it doesn't seem like it at the time.

I made sure that I told my psychologist "thank you" for calling me back when I was in the middle of my melt down last week when I saw her this week. She said what a difference she has seen in me in just this last year & a few months.....as when I moved here it seemed that everything that I needed, I had to fight for & it didn't make me feel very pleasant toward anyone & "thank you" pretty much wasn't in my vocabulary unless it was really something like a gift or something that a thank you is normally for. I am is such a more positive mood that finding the things to be thankful to others for rather than griping at them has been a huge change in how I am feeling about life in general.

Of course, my largest "thank you" goes to God who has guided my life to where it is today.....without that guidance, I would not be where I am or have the attitude change that has been so possible.