In my early 20s, as I was beginning so called “adulthood”, it was brought to my attention, the importance of sharing moments with elders and children, since there is such a depth of experience and innocence to learn from. 

I feel super fortunate that all 4 of my Grandparents were alive and a part of my life when I turned 30, and after learning of this concept above, I set increased intentions to visit my Grandparents and learn from them through their stories and ways of Being. 

I genuinely feel thankful for all of the moments spent with those two men and two women.

Pardon?

The title of this piece has a question mark after the phrase “Thank You” and the reason for that stems from an interaction with a 4-year-old boy.

This boy tossed something meaningful to me on the floor, and he was asked by a few people to please pick it up off the floor, before going on a car ride. 

Eventually everyone else departed the area, and I was left in somewhat of an eye gazing session with this young boy.  I was focussing on attuning to what was going on within him to determine why he did not want to pick up the item.

After several minutes of mostly Silence and no words said by him, he said to me, “At least don’t say thank you.”

I said, “Pardon?”, rather confused.

He repeated himself and I then confirmed that he did not want me to say thank you to him if he picked up the thing. 

As soon as I gave him my confirmation that I would NOT say thank you, he jumped up off the chair that he had parked himself in, picked up the item, and walked out the door to the waiting and idling vehicle.

I was somewhat stunned.

Programmed Thank Yous

The final stages of the interaction happened quickly and what I noticed in the moment, was how strong of an impulse I had to overcome, to NOT say thank you, in order to honour the young man’s request.

As I contemplate further, I wonder if this young Soul, still not programmed by societal conditioning, made that request to help break the Trance of robotic behaviours by the people around him, including myself.

While that intention is uncertain, what I CAN say for certain is the interaction prompted further awareness to my own conditioned responses of “politeness”.

I invite YOU to contemplate the extent of your conditioned phrases, such as “Thank You”.

What a beautiful gift to share these moments with young children.  May we all Remember the opportunities for wisdom to be gleaned in our own lives, through sharing moments with elders and children.

Disclaimer

In no way am I suggesting to not say thank you nor express gratitude in this life.  The intention of this piece is to bring awareness to the extent to which, our verbalization of gratitude is habitual and void of feeling. 

As this awareness is brought to our words, the opportunity arises to be more intentional with what we say, and even more significantly, to infuse a true feeling and vibration of gratitude to the phrase, THANK YOU.

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