Thanksgiving Notes
After my interview for Peer Career Advisor position at my B-school, I was just chatting with the interviewer casually and asked him why americans celebrate special "thanksgiving" day when they should be thankful each and every day. The interviewer said that "that is true, however if they forgot to do so they will make it on the thanksgiving day." This triggered a thought in me; Why should I take this opportunity to say thanks to all my friends as I never mentioned them tangibly.
The only concern was, I came from a culture where saying thanks to friends and family is considered over action and it does not mean anything to them So, to avoid that I decided to write genuine thanks notes to each and everybody, sharing what they really mean to me. No exaggeration at all. Real,genuine and straight from my heart content for all.
After reading my e-thanks notes, some responded with just thanks, some wrote another thanks notes ,some wrote even lengthier thanks notes than me, some called me and some remained silent. People thought I became emotional. I was to some extent. I really felt very good after saying thanks. But looking at the response at some of my friends it had even bigger impact on them. Once in a while it is good to open up and show the emotion in us. It makes the relationship much more stronger and healthier.
The only concern was, I came from a culture where saying thanks to friends and family is considered over action and it does not mean anything to them So, to avoid that I decided to write genuine thanks notes to each and everybody, sharing what they really mean to me. No exaggeration at all. Real,genuine and straight from my heart content for all.
After reading my e-thanks notes, some responded with just thanks, some wrote another thanks notes ,some wrote even lengthier thanks notes than me, some called me and some remained silent. People thought I became emotional. I was to some extent. I really felt very good after saying thanks. But looking at the response at some of my friends it had even bigger impact on them. Once in a while it is good to open up and show the emotion in us. It makes the relationship much more stronger and healthier.
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