Thank You
I trust you had a great holiday. We all did. All the family and all the stuffings were properly stuffed. All of our teams won, especially here in Liberty Hill. A new catch word is swirling around town these days…..”How about them Panthers?” I believe everyone has a smile on their face these days, and properly so. I think they will go all the way, again. I would say to the players, coaches, staff, school body, teachers and the hosts of fans, thank you.
Speaking of thank you, I ran into John Steel down at the Exxon the other day and he asked how my holiday went. I replied, just fine. He asked if I had learned anything during the festive days? Well, I couldn’t think of anything. Did you I asked? I knew when I asked I had stepped into the trap he had been setting for me. “Yes”, John said. “I learned what should have been learned many Thanksgivings ago”. “I learned the value of perhaps the two most important words in the English language”. “And what are they?” I wondered. I knew I was in for a long, drawn out explanation when I asked. John never misses a chance to ‘hold court’ when he has an opportunity. “We have set aside the biggest portion of a week to celebrate a great harvest, and rightly so.” Continuing John said, “We give thanks to a higher being for the plentiful fruit of the farm, and I am all for that.” “How about a ‘Thank You’ for the farmer and rancher?” “And a ‘thank you’ for the trucking industry, processors, grocery stories, clerks, checkers, and the kids that sack all the stuff we buy.” John went on to name the men and women that work in all the many facets of our society that makes it so pleasant to live and work in. He did, finally say, “Thank You” were the two most important words in the English language.
You know, I think he may have hit onto something. I hurried home, burst through the door, and yelled, “Thank You Alice.” You should have seen her face. What a surprised look she had. First she smelled my breath, checked the fenders on the car, smiled that great smile of her’s and kissed me big time. I then explained the revelation I had received from John Steel; a thank you for every one. Little kids get one, old men at the whittler’s bench get one, and if I run into you, you can bet you will get one also. Some times I explain that that “Thank You” is for just you being you, but most of the time they reply with a lovely grin that tells me I just hit the bull’s eye.
Now, how about a great big “THANK YOU” for “OUR TEAM”. “How about them Panthers?”