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In our life, we have rarely expressed our gratitude to the ones who have lived with us. In fact, we don’t have to wait ______ anniversaries to thank the ones close to us----the ones so ______ (easy) overlooked. If I have learned anything about giving thanks, it is to“give it now!” Saying thanks is such ______ easy way to increase the world’s happiness.
Of course, there are times ______ you can’t express gratitude immediately. In that case don’t let embarrassment sink you into _______ (silent) ----speak up the first time you have the chance.
Once a young minister, Mark Brian, ______ (send) to a remote parish of Kwakiutl Indians in British Columbia. The Indians, he had been told, did not have a word for “thank you”. But Brian soon found that these people had exceptional generosity. Instead of ______ (say) thanks, it is their custom to return every favor with a favor of their own, and every kindness with an equal or superior kindness. They do their thanks.
I wonder ______ we had no words in our vocabulary for thank you, would we do a _______ (good) job of communicating our gratitude? Would we be more sensitive, more _______ (include) ourselves.

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