The Power of Thank You
I send out thank you cards often. Once they’ve been sent out, I forget that I’ve sent the card. Sometimes you don’t have a snail mail address, so I’ve dropped an email note of appreciation. You’ve ever visited someone’s website and something they wrote made you stop and think, left an impact on their life. How about a teleseminar, forum post, etc. We expect a thank you note when a physical gift is given such as a birthday or wedding present, but imagine how the recipient feels when they get an unexpected thanks.
I’d been reading an article by Brian Biro, it was very well written, easy to understand and conveyed the message that I’d like to get across to others. Since it was a message I could forward, I did so. Then I looked up his website, found a mailing address, and sent a card expressing my thanks. Imagine my surprise when received the coolest package in the mail from Brian Biro, a wonderful handwritten thank you note, one of his cd’s on overcoming the odds (my kids even listened to this more than once), his book The Joyful Spirit, and a calendar. It made my day, and I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend his material. His book was short, and well-written, the cd we listened to often.
My kids are on the swim team at their school. One particular mother was always at every meet, etc. helping with anything and everything, keeping the rest of us parents informed. I sent her a thank you along with a photo from a meet. She called me back, saying that the card brought tears to her eyes and she put the card up on her fridge.
One of the young ladies broke a school record and I sent her a card. Every time I see her mom, she thanks me again for that card and how much it meant.
Now I not sharing these things to brag, the cards were sent to people who truly deserved them, it was just a small token of appreciation. But as I go through my day-to-day life, I’ll get a smile, a word or thanks, a phone call, brightens my day in return. Paid in full and then some
Heidi Caswell
www.cardsconnectsimply.com
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