TQ!

I have always wondered... whats the importance of the word thankyou? well to explain it in short let me tell u a small story:

I visit my uncles place pretty often and off late have been stayin there too.. the apartment is in a complex safely guarded by security 24*7..

While entering the complex i have to pass by a guarded gate.. everytime i passed through the gate the guard used to open the gate and i used to walk past him wordlessly.. .eager to reach home to either to see my family or jus bcoz i'm deadfully tired..

days,months and years passed by and this is what used to happen

Recently during the same routine i brought a friend along with me home and when we were passing through the gate my friend thanked the security guard... and my you should have seen the smile on his face! that got me thinking about why i never thanked him for the past 10 years??

so i told myself why dont i make it a habit to thank him whenever i pass through that gate.

next time ....i made it a point to thank the guard... and he gave me the same smile too! it felt wonderful..very elevating like i had found a new friend.. slowly after a few days after me thanking him everytime he opened the gate for me and i heard him reply one word 'welcome'.... and it felt great that a person who did not know english took the effort to find out what to reply to the word 'thankyou'

One day the guard changed.... but i stil thanked the new guard whenever he opened the gates for me... but he never smiled nor replied... i felt humiliated told myself i would never thank him again... but then a thought struck me that it took me 10 years to thank a person...and when i never thanked it wasnt like the guard never opened the gate for me.. so why should i stop thanking people? and told myself ' he too will learn how to smile back in 10 years' :D

so in short:(after the long story)

Firstly we might say 'No thankyou and sorry in friendship' but we still continue thankin each other... but dont forget to thank those who help you out or do anythin in your favour coz its goin to bring a smile to their face which is priceless

Secondly dont expect from others...go keep ur ego on a tall tree and forget about it coz it will make u miss out on small pleasures of life meant to be enjoyed..and when yout done with throwing your ego away do whatever you can to keep everyone surrounding you happy

'Lokha Samastha Sukhino Bhavanthu'

ps:- sorry for the horribly written story and repititive phrases... just wrote whats in my head and that too at 1 in the night!

pps:- Criticisms and debates are encouraged!