Thank You For A New Year

 Many thanks are in keeping

For the Festive days ahead,

And for all the harvests reaping

The grains for our daily bread.

Thanks for the chance of growing older

And for the blessings in each day.

Thank you for the shine which gets golder,

Brightening spirits, come what may!

Thank you for another new year

Calling us to go ahead, full steam,

And courageously without fear,

Using all we’ve learned from Age Esteem!

Written by Alexandra Taylor for AgeEsteem®

Thank You! 

Thank You, and you, and you, and you,

For friendships old and friendships new,

For those to love in myriad ways,

For lessons learned and festive days,

For Health and Happiness galore,

For Earth’s rich bounty, and much more,

For songs to learn and ones once sung

For growing old while feeling young!

Thanks for having time to live,

Finding verbal gifts to give.

Written by Alexandra Taylor for AgeEsteem®

Thank You

Thank you for the days I’ve had,

Thank you for the days to come;

Thank you when I have been glad,

Thank you for not staying glum.

Thank you for my gathering years,

Thank you for my heritage,

Thank you for diminished fears

I’m sure, I’m sane: I’m saxifrage*!

 Written by Alexandra Taylor for AgeEsteem®

*An esteemed new word for the AgeEsteem blog.

Do you say “Thank you”?  Of course you do.  You say it multiple times a day.  But do you say it mechanically without any real thought or feeling or do you say it with enthusiasm and a special lilt or timbre to your voice?

Thank you isn’t enough.  Part of being thankful – and we AgeEsteemers know it is important to our well-being – is to acknowledge what we are thankful for.    So why not try the following.

• The next time you say “Thank you” add what you are thanking the person for.  It might be “Thank you for making it fun to shop here, for your cheery smile, for letting me know you like my singing, for opening the door…
• When you say “Thank you” make eye contact with the person you are thanking and smile. 
• Put some spice and rythym into your voice.  Sing the words.  Add that spark of pizzazz!