Monday, November 23, 2009
Writing thank you notes...
I don't remember writing thank you notes to anyone during my college years. Of course, the traditional Indian hospitality was always a part of my DNA. My brother, who grew up in similar surroundings and went to the same schools, said that he wrote many of these notes. He also gave father Happy Birthday cards along with wafers, a sugar-laden confectionery. These actions reveal quite a bit about the person.
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Here's a thank you note. The poem below probably says it better than I could.
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( “A Parting Guest“ by James Whitcomb Riley. 1853–1916)
WHAT delightful hosts are they --
Life and Love!
Lingeringly I turn away,
This late hour, yet glad enough
They have not withheld from me
Their high hospitality.
So, with face lit with delight
And all gratitude, I stay
Yet to press their hands and say,
"Thanks.—So fine a time! Good night."
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Good night.
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