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Yes, Thanks!

I wonder why
we say,
"Yes, please!"
but "No, thanks!"

Has our thanking
become
such a mere formality
that, without thinking,
we attach it
to our negativity?

How truly
do we know
the debt we owe
to others -
and to God?

Lord,
I need you!
Keep me humble
in receiving
and in giving!

A truly
humble spirit?
Yes, thanks!


© Peter J Blackburn 2001
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