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They say success is its own reward, but I think perhaps people who "do the smart thing" don't get enough credit. So often the people who suck at life get "pity parties" telling them that it's okay that they screwed up. You know what? The people who don't screw up in the first place? They never get thanked. It takes more effort on your part to avoid being the screwup, and you get the least credit! Its people like you that make me happy to be a human, so thank you:

Thank you for not falling for that stupid mail/email scam.
Thank you for not deluding yourself and lying about your motivations
Thank you for being honest to yourself.
Thank you for being honest in your relationships.
Thank you for understanding your emotions and controlling them.
Thank you for not getting yourself addicted to that drug.
Thank you for thinking that through before you did it.
Thank you for critically thinking.
Thank you for setting that goal and meeting it.
Thank you for staying by your word, and doing what you promised you would.
Thank you for doing your job today!
Thank you for doing it right, the first time -- not the tenth time.
Thank you for not stealing, lying, or going to jail.
Thank you for not killing that guy who pissed you off.
Thank you for taking the mature approach and walking away.
Thank you for not being morbidly obese.
Thank you for helping that guy who needed it.
Thank you for having the self-control to regulate yourself.
Thank you for speaking your mind, without being overbearing.
Thank you for being clear in your explanations to me.
Thank you for studying hard for that test and/or working overtime.
Thank you for owning your own home or car.
Thank you for managing your finances, and NOT being ridiculously in debt.
Thank you for voting.
Thank you for keeping your animals (and children) under control.
Thank you for being courteous in public.
Thank you for driving cautiously and considerately.

Anything else you guys are thankful for? You know, people doing the right thing.. the first time?

Thank you for not stealing reams of paper from my office when there's no one around to see you.

Thank you for not inventing useless make-work projects when my workload is light.

Thank you for not spending gobs of money on Enzite and choosing to work with your partner when your sex life isn't what you want it to be

Thank you for not being rigidly judgmental.

Nice idea! Thank you for thinking of it, JinnKai!

Thank you for not cracking the lame old joke that you made the bill yourself when I check if your 500 SEK bill is genuine.

Thank you for letting me share a part of me not many people know.
Thank you for taking care of my children while I am at work.
Thank you for understanding why I needed to change my work schedule.
Thank you for teaching my daughter with humor and making school fun.

and thank you TFP, for being TFP.

Thank you for not letting go of the important aspects of life like honor, kindness, and respect.
Thank you for being opinionated but openminded.
Thank you for accepting the idea of change
Thank you for attempting to be happy about life.
Thank you for not wallowing in pity or self-hate.
Thank you for respecting my difference even if you dont agree with them.
Thank you for not trying to change me. (oh i hate that)

Thank you for reading the materials I sent you before calling/emailing/complaining.
Thank you for knowing how to run your own department.
Thank you for not being lazy and expecting me to do your work.
Thank you for not hogging the subway bench.
Thank you for smiling at me when you walked by.

Thank you for not stealing out of principle rather than lack of opportunity
Thank you for following the spirit of the law rather than the letter
Thank you for your honest critism
Thank you for giving others the benefit of the doubt
Thank you for looking on the bright side
Thank you for showing up

Thanks for standing up for your rights as a man :)

Thank you for driving in an intelligent & considerate manner.
Thank you for posting in a readable format.

Some thank-you's from today:

Thank you for loving me.
Thank you for being the best counselor I've ever had.
Thank you for helping me design and print my poster for this Sunday.
Thank you for being such a nice, efficient cashier.
Thank you for not giving me a ticket when I had nowhere else to park.
Thank you for calling me even when I'm being a bratty daughter.

Thank you for not asking for criticism or advice when you only want praise and validation.

From yesterday and today:

thank you for loving me :icare:
thank you for acknowledging what I may have to give up
thank you for the show ;)
thank you for the cookies (even though they interrupted the show :lol: )
thank you for the refund
thank you for the good review
thank you for the free breakfast
thank you for helping me lift the barbell off my chest

Thank you for knowing when to ask for help and when to do it yourself.

-Tamerlain

Thank you for resisting the urge to talk just because no one else is.

thank you for the knowledge i am always loved

Man, that's a good one.

Thank you for buying me dinner
Thank you for coming back in the dishroom and helping out even though you were busy as well
Thank you for taking time to get me ready for my trip to Prague
Thank you !

I'd like to add a thank you to those people who have jobs that most people would never do or look down upon.

thank you for not going on a diet knowing your a size zero

Thank you for staying up late talking last night, even after we got into bad moods.
Thank you for letting me rest.
Thank you for looking forward to the future with me.
Thank you for always supporting me.
:icare:

Thank you for giving me the right advice when you believe in the opposite.

Thank you for not glaring at me when my children are noisy.
Thank you for sharing the last piece of cake.
Thank you for asking how I am doing and really wanting to know.

Ok I love this thread! Just had a few more hit me hard enough to come back.

Thank you for letting me take my 1 item ahead in the grocery line.
Thank you for accepting "no" as the answer the first time (telemarketers listen up!).

To continue:

Thank you all for posting in this thread. :)
Thank you for talking to me, rather than segregating and discriminating.
Thank you for trying, simply for the sake of trying.
Thank you for listening and understanding.

Thank you for the music, the songs I'm singing,
Thanks for all the joy they're bringing.

Thank you for deciding not to have children when it became apparent that you could not support them.
Thank you for picking up after yourself and not littering.
Thank you for learning about important issues, globally, and not just locally.
Thank you for thinking ahead.
Thank you for protecting me (police, armed forces, any unsung heroes)