{"id":60,"date":"2013-12-12T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-12-12T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/711325eb-39d8-4db4-8be3-9cc60480607b"},"modified":"2013-12-12T05:00:00","modified_gmt":"2013-12-12T05:00:00","slug":"the-importance-of-saying-youre-welcome-by-joseph-anthony","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thewonderchildblog.com\/?p=60","title":{"rendered":"The Importance of Saying: “You’re Welcome,” by Joseph Anthony"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Importance of Saying:<\/o:p><\/font><\/p>\n

\u201cYou\u2019re Welcome\u201d<\/o:p><\/font><\/p>\n

By<\/o:p><\/font><\/p>\n

Joseph Anthony<\/o:p><\/font><\/p>\n

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We have all
\nexperienced saying \u201cthank you\u201d to someone only to have them say, \u201cNo, thank you<\/i>,\u201d in return. Or they keep the \u201cno\u201d
\nout of it and just say, \u201cthank you<\/i>.\u201d  Why would people essentially refuse our
\nthanks?  Why would we ever refuse someone
\nelse\u2019s thanks? In this season of exchanging gifts let\u2019s take a few moments to
\nlook closer at the words: \u201cYou\u2019re welcome.\u201d 
\n For just as giving thanks for
\nyourself, your family and friends, and for the Divine is important–welcoming
\noneself and all of these beloveds is perhaps even more so.<\/o:p><\/font><\/p>\n

Using the
\never handy Online Etymology Dictionary we find that \u201cwelcome,\u201d comes from the
\nOld English, wilcuma, which literally means, \u201cone whose coming is according to
\nanother\u2019s will.\u201d  And this comes from combining
\nthe Old English words, \u201cwilla,\u201d meaning \u201cpleasure, desire, or choice\u201d and
\n\u201cCuma,\u201d meaning \u201cguest (ibid).\u201d 
\n\u201cWelcome\u201d didn\u2019t become attached to \u201cthank you,\u201d until the early
\n1900\u2019s.  Before that it was used as an \u201cexclamation
\nof kindly greeting. (ibid).\u201d<\/o:p><\/font><\/p>\n

So when
\nsomeone arrives in our presence and gives us a gift, or holds the door for us,
\nor we do the same for them and we both exchange: \u201cthank you\u2019s,\u201d and \u201cyou\u2019re
\nwelcome\u2019s,\u201d we are celebrating the sharing of a space.  It is an intimate moment of receiving another
\ninto our wills, our pleasures.  It is an
\nopen reception in which we invite them into our desires and likewise we get a glimpse
\nof theirs.  <\/o:p><\/font><\/p>\n

Of course, one
\nneeds to be secure in who they are to invite someone into their midst, if even
\njust for a fleeting moment.  To welcome
\nsomeone into your presence means inviting the risk of rejection, it means a
\nsprinkling of vulnerability added to the spice of life.  In other words part of the key of learning to
\nsay \u201cyou\u2019re welcome,\u201d to another person is learning to say it yourself.  Of course if we waited until we had that
\nlesson down perfectly we might never say it to another.  But this learning to welcome yourself into
\nyourself and out into the world around you (and within you) is a lifelong
\njourney.  And it begins in the mirror and
\ncontinues in the space of your own heart and in the fierce and tender
\nacceptance of your own talents and dreams.  And it goes further.<\/o:p><\/font><\/p>\n

Imagine
\nliving a life in which how and what you did was consciously in accord with your
\nown will and desires, your own choices and pleasures.  That\u2019s the goal, isn\u2019t it?  That\u2019s how we walk in freedom.  And this all spirals back to self-love and
\nself-acceptance.  It returns to the core
\nof our being in love with our own dreams and desires.  And to do this, we must know them, we must
\nknow ourselves.  <\/o:p><\/font><\/p>\n

And who are
\nwe?  <\/o:p><\/font><\/p>\n

Stars.  Stars illuminated with the grace of Divine
\nexpression. <\/o:p><\/font><\/p>\n

And what are
\nour dreams and desires? Parts of that same Light\u2014songs, if you will\u2014living,
\nbreathing songs, meant to be sung for the good and pleasure of ourselves and
\nall.  <\/o:p><\/font><\/p>\n

So when we
\ngive thanks to the Creator and wait for the \u201cyou\u2019re welcome,\u201d why not give it
\nto yourself as if spoken directly from the mouth of God?<\/o:p><\/font><\/p>\n

The Divine
\ndoesn\u2019t need our praise.  It doesn\u2019t need
\nus to go around saying \u201cthank you, thank you\u201d for everything that happens or
\ndoesn\u2019t happen.  The praise makes us feel
\ngood, for there is joy in giving.  We
\nalso feel good because inwardly we realize we are part of the creative power
\nmaking it all happen.  And so we come to
\nknow there is joy in receiving.  But
\ninstead of simply saying the words, let us live our lives as expressions of
\nthanks by accepting and singing our Heart\u2019s Desires.<\/o:p><\/font><\/p>\n

As a parent,
\nI know I like it when my children say \u201cthank you,\u201d but to need them to say it
\nover and over keeps them obliged in a sick and twisted way.  What I want my children to do is have
\nfun.  To go play.  To go share and develop whatever it is that
\nI\u2019ve given them as their father.  I want
\nthem to go and transform it into their own. 
\nTo expand upon it.  To recycle
\nit.  I do not need their constant
\nthanks.  But I digress.  This post is about welcoming one another and
\nourselves in each other\u2019s worlds; into each other\u2019s space.  My point is, I believe the Divine wants us to
\ndo the same.  Receive this gift of life
\nand go play. <\/o:p><\/font><\/p>\n

This Holiday
\nSeason, let us realize who we are and how we have been welcomed into the world
\nand into the song of the Divine. Let us give one another thanks and
\nwelcoming.  Let us give these to
\nourselves.  Let us give a hearty welcome to
\nour outrageous and wonderful dreams and help each other make them come true.  Let us dance in the glory of both giving and
\nreceiving; of being a part of the Birth of Infinite Love that arrives in each
\nof us a child, a being of possibility and wonder, waiting to sing through us and
\nwith us, the song of the stars.<\/font><\/p>\n


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Copyright Joseph Anthony of the Wonder Child Blog<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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