Dire merci à ceux qui sont (plus ou moins) proches de nous
Yesterday was Thanksgiving in Canada and I decided to do something I've never done before: celebrate the holiday (sort of) by thanking people.
Here's a short list of what I sent people, in alphabetical order, I think.
- I want to thank you for giving me a chance to enhance my portfolio with your website.
- Je vous remercie de faire les beaux projets que vous faîtes. Le web est un meilleur endroit avec vous et je suis bien heureux de vous connaître.
- Merci d'être un ami.
- Merci d'être si souriante et patiente.
- Merci d'exister et d'être toi.
- Merci de m'inclure dans tous tes projets.
- Merci pour avoir eu confiance en moi sans même qu'on se connaisse vraiment.
- Merci pour m'avoir donné la chance de faire ton poster.
- Merci pour ta tolérance et toutes ces années d'amitié et celles à venir.
- Merci pour ton ouverture d'esprit.
Indeed, I would find it strange to be on the receiving end of any of these messages. I concluded several things from the responses I received.
- Everybody found it weird. It was out of the blue, nobody expected that I would do something like this. I am very good at going through with unexpected gestures.
- That tells me that Thanksgiving isn't a very big deal in my circles.
- Everybody felt good for receiving my thank you note. On this point, I refuse to be wrong. In all responses, I could feel a smile lurking on my recipient's face.
What did I get out of this experience/experiment? Simple. The satisfaction that I did something good, yet, it took so little effort.
The one thing I would like to know is the impact I created. This is something I can't figure out, but people, you, will have to tell me about it.
