DailyGood: A Retired Teacher's Letters of Gratitude

July 01, 2009

We have thousands of opportunities every day to be grateful: for having good weather, to be able to sit in such a beautiful room on such comfortable furniture, to have slept well last night, to be able to get up, to be healthy, to have enough to eat. ... There's opportunity upon opportunity to be grateful; that's what life is. --Brother David Steindl-Rast

A Retired Teacher's Letters of Gratitude:
Xu Niankui, a 76-year-old retired teacher in China, had just gotten on a bus when a young girl immediately offered up her seat for him. Xu began chatting with her, and though he couldn't get her name or age, he found out she was from Taopu Middle School, and so sent a letter to the school thanking the anonymous girl. The school identified the good samaritan and ended up recognizing her for her charitable act. This was a revelation for Xu: he decided that if people realized how much a simple motion like giving up their seat meant to other people, they would do similar good deeds more. Since that time in May 2007, Xu has stepped his thanking up a notch and made a habit of giving a letter of gratitude to every person who's ever gotten up for him. [more]

Be The Change:
Step it up -- go out of your way to send a special thanks to someone.

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On Jul 1, 2009 AK writes:

I Love this story! What a great thing to do!

On Jul 1, 2009 sekhar writes:

sir,

I N. R. SEKHAR . VIZIANAGARAM DISTRICT ANDHRA PREDESH STATE INDIA

IHAVE TWO CHILDREN IAM WORKED AS A SOCIAL WORKER IN ONE OF THE SOCIAL ORGANASATION OUR FAINACE CONDATION IS VERY POOR SO THAT I REQUESTED YOU KINDLY SUPPORT MY CHILDREN EDUCATION CHALDREN NAME IS VITAL 02YEARS SUDHAKAR 05 YEARS

THANK YOU SIR

SEKHAR

On Jul 1, 2009 brinda writes:

I love writing thank you's to service people who have been memorable or even to stores or facilities with great service. Writing to old teachers is great too!

On Jul 1, 2009 Josefina M. Floranza writes:

I am mother from the Philippines who have the habit of saying "thank you" to every person that gives me a favor no matter how small it is. But above all, I cannot forget to say "thank you" upon rising from a restful sleep to our Creator for giving me another day to be His instrument in sharing His love to everybody.

We live a very simple life but we are happy because we placed Jesus Christ in the center of our family.

I send this to you to tell the whole world that material things is not the ultimate source of happiness, instead it is our relatrionship to the Supreme Being, to our family and to everybody that surrounds us that counts most.

Thank you.

JOSEFINA M. F.

On Jul 1, 2009 Mohsin writes:

Hi Above is realy beautiful lesson for young guyz like me

On Jul 2, 2009 Rakesh writes:

IT GOOD TO HAVE

On Jul 2, 2009 Dr. K A Lipsey writes:

The POWER in gratitude is unrecognized in America lately and I am especially pleased to see that our international brothers and sisters of gratitude are keeping the faith and sharing life's precious commodities...self. Words and expressions of words are MORE powerful than we give credit to. I am having great success with clients that are experimenting with being each others CHEER LEADERS as such. The way we win others attention, approval and love is the blueprint for how to keep growing in love instead of America's seemingly way of tolerating and just existing in relationships. It is a simple matter of sew and reap with the most powerful part of our body, the tongue. Proverbs 18:22. The tongue has the power of LIFE and DEATH.

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