Sometimes the lessons we learn early in life are the lessons that stay with us throughout our life. It is those early lessons we don't understand as children that become foundational building blocks for the adults we become.
All of us were told as children to remember to say "please" when we asked for something and "thank-you" when we received it. But as adults "please" and "thank-you" fall by the wayside as we try to keep up with the demands of life and making a living. Many of us forget the little niceties of life and undervalue how small things make a big difference. In some ways our lack of remembrance is disrespectful to life.
As we look at life through a telescope we see how small we are compared to what's out there in the universe. A telescope allows us to look up or look out at what is outside of ourselves and our world. We see shooting stars, planets, comets and celestial bodies in the heavens. Looking at life through a microscope we can see how large we are compared to what's inside us and our internal universe. A microscope shows us the complexity within and the universe of microscopic life and the seemingly invisible universal just under our surface.
When we remember to say "please" and "thank-you" we honor both the macro-universe and our micro-universe. Please is an acknowledgement that we need something from someone or something outside of ourselves. Saying thank you shows gratitude from inside of us for the help or assistance we received. They are small things, often unimportant on the surface but crucial to our spirit. Foundations are seldom scene and often nothing we would normally pay attention to. But foundations are critical the higher up we go.
Today remember to say "please" and "thank-you."
