“Saying thank you is more than good manners, it is good spirituality.” —Alfred Painter

I’d just turned 18yrs old, with a backpack full of dreams, I stepped onto that plane to London from South Africa.

It was 6.30pm in Port Elizabeth, I remember the Tye-dye orange sky, a real African sunset, as I hugged my dad good-bye, assuring him “I got this”.

“Go get Em’ Tiger” he said.

As I traveled through the jungle of life, trying to figure it all out..(Man, it took me awhile, I knew nothing) and along the way, many, many people helped me, some I thanked in the moment, some I thanked later and some I never thanked.

Looking back, I WISH I’d let them know the gratitude I felt at the time, how they LIT the way for me in my life. Because gratitude is the gift we give back….it is pure energy.

So, when that wish turned into a very strong need, I began to trace back, find people I carried with me in my heart and say Thank-You…… what happened was just Amazing!!

TODAY I feel an over-whelming urge to share with you, the POWER of saying Thank-You.

Our parents are our first teachers, and it takes courage to let your kids fly.
Back then, there were no mobile phones, facebooks, instagrams etc we all just braved it!!
I look up to the sky and thank my beautiful mom and dad for always believing in me.

Our next teachers are ALL who cross our paths, each one a teacher with a lesson for us.

Some briefly bestow a jewel, some blow the cobwebs of innocence away like a hurricane, some make the pennies drop, the eyes pop open, and voila, wakey-wakey! and, some journey all the way with us.

I started my THANK YOU JOURNEY awhile back now, calling up old friends to say “thank you” for what they did for me,
I needed them to know, I remembered how they helped me when I needed it most,
I needed their soul to know I was grateful, because all those people changed my life.

As I did this, one by one, I felt more

ALIVE, more awake, more energized than I had ever felt in my life.
Like a weight had been lifted, as though saying “THANK YOU” is a spiritual requirement, a forgotten pathway to freedom, a healing just like forgiveness.

I felt palpably connected to my human family, all of whom played a part in raising me, whether they knew it or not.

Saying THANK YOU is a tonic for growing the soul, it is a key to unlocking the heart, yours and the receivers.

TRY it out this week, say THANK YOU, say it with your heart and watch the magic unfold. (ripples untold)

Let me START!!

THANK YOU each one of you, who are or have been a part of my journey.
You may or may not KNOW you changed my life, but you did and you’ll always live in my heart.

Wishing YOU all mind-blowing abundance that has you drop to your knee’s saying “THANK YOU”

Sonia xx

“You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson

 

This Photo Story:

Taken Yesterday, Mothers Day 2020

Mika planned her presents with such Love, joy and giggles!

As I hugged her, I felt like I was just percolating in Pure Love and Gratitude!!