A WOR(L)D of THANKS

LANGUAGE :: TRANSLATION

AFRIKAANS :: dankie
ALBANIAN :: faleminderit
ALSATIAN :: merci
ARABIC :: chokrane
ARABIC (ALGERIAN) :: sahite
ARABIC (TUNISIAN) :: Barak Allahu fiik
ARMENIAN :: chnorakaloutioun
ASANTE TWI :: meda wo ase
AZERI :: çox sag olun / tesekkur edirem
BAMBARA :: a ni kié
BAMOUN :: ayùe
BASQUE :: eskerrik asko (southern basque) / milesker (northern basque)
BELARUSIAN :: Дзякую (dziakuju)
BENGALI :: dhanyabaad
BISHLAMAR :: tangio tumas
BOBO :: a ni kié
BOSNIAN :: hvala
BRETON :: trugéré / trugaré / trugarez
BULGARIAN :: мерси (merci) / благодаря (blagodaria)
BURMESE :: (thint ko) kyay tzu tin pa te
CATALAN :: gràcies
CEBUANO :: salamat
CHECHEN :: Баркал (barkal)
CHEROKEE :: wado
CHICHEWA :: zikomo
CHINESE :: (MANDARIN) xièxie (simplified: 谢谢 - écriture traditional: 謝謝)
CORSICAN :: grazie
CROATIAN :: hvala
CZECH :: děkuji / díky
DANISH :: tak
DARI :: tashakor
DARIJA :: choukran
DOGON :: gha-ana / birepo
DUALA :: na som
DUTCH :: dank u wel (formal) / dank je (informal)
ENGLISH :: thank you
ESPERANTO :: dankon
ESTONIAN :: tänan / tänan väga (thank you very much)
EWÉ :: akpé
FANG :: akiba
FAROESE :: takk fyri
FIDJIAN :: vinaka
FINNISH :: kiitos
FRENCH :: merci
FRISIAN :: dankewol
FRIULAN :: gracie
GALICIAN :: gracias / graciñas
GALLO :: merkzi
GEORGIAN :: დიდი მადლობა (didi madloba)
GERMAN :: danke
GREEK :: ευχαριστώ (efharisto)
GUARANÍ :: aguyjé
GUJARATI :: aabhar
HAITIAN CREOLE :: mèsi
HAUSA :: nagode
HAWAIIAN :: mahalo
HEBREW :: toda
HINDI :: dhanyavad
HUNGARIAN :: köszönöm
ICELANDIC :: takk
IGBO :: imela / daalu
INDONESIAN :: terima kasih
INUPIAT taiku
IRISH GAELIC :: go raibh maith agat (to 1 person) / go raibh maith agaibh (to several people)
ITALIAN :: grazie
JAPANESE :: arigatô
KABYLIAN :: tanemmirt
KANNADA :: dhanyavadagalu
KAZAKH :: rahmet
KHMER :: អគុណ (orkun)
KIKONGO :: matondo
KINYARWANDA :: murakoze
KIRUNDI :: murakoze
KOREAN :: 감사합니다 (gamsa hamnida)
KOTOKOLI :: sobodi
KRIO :: tenki
KURDISH :: spas
KYRGYZ :: Рахмат (rahmat)
LAKOTA :: wopila / pilamaya
LAO :: khob chai (deu)
LARI :: matondo
LATIN :: gratias ago (from 1 pers.)
gratias agimus (from X pers.)
LATVIAN :: paldies
LIGURIAN :: gràçie
LINGALA :: matondi
LITHUANIAN :: ačiū
LOW SAXON :: bedankt / dank ju wel
LUXEMBOURGEOIS :: merci
MACEDONIAN :: благодарам (blagodaram, thank you) / фала (fala, thanks)
MALAGASY :: misaotra
MALAY :: terima kasih
MALAYALAM :: nanni
MALTESE :: niżżik ħajr / grazzi / nirringrazzjak
MANGUISSA :: abouï ngan
MAORI :: kia ora
MARATHI :: aabhari aahe / aabhar / dhanyavaad
MICMAC :: welalin
MONGOLIAN :: bayarlalaa (Баярлалаа)
MORÉ :: barka
NORWEGIAN :: takk
OCCITAN :: mercé / grandmercé
OJIBWE :: miigwetch
OSSETIAN :: бузныг [buznyg]
PAPIAMENTU :: danki
PASCUAN :: mauruuru
PASHTO :: manana
PERSIAN :: motashakkeram, mamnun (formal) / mochchakkeram, mamnun, mersi (informal)
POLISH :: dziękuję
PORTUGUESE :: obrigado (M speaking) / obrigada (F speaking)
PUNJABI :: sukriya
QUECHUA :: sulpáy
ROMANI :: najis tuke
ROMANIAN :: mulţumesc
RUSSIAN::  спасибо (spacibo)
SAMOAN :: faafetai lava
SANGO :: singuila
SARDINIAN :: gratzias
SCOTTISH GAELIC :: tapadh leat (singular, familiar)
tapadh leibh (plural, respectful)
SERBIAN :: хвала (hvala)
SESOTHO :: ke ya leboha
SHIMAORE ::marahaba
SHONA :: waita (plural: maita)
SINDHI :: meharbani
SINHALA :: stuutiyi
SLOVAK :: ďakujem
SLOVENIAN :: hvala
SOBOTA :: hvala
SOMALI :: waad mahadsantahay
SONGHAI :: fofo
SONINKÉ :: nouari
SPANISH :: gracias
SWAHILI :: asante / asante sana
SWEDISH :: tack
TAGALOG :: salamat (po)
TAHITIAN :: mauruuru
TAJIK:: rahmat
TAMAZIGHT :: tanemmirt
TAMIL :: nandri
TATAR :: rahmat
TELUGU :: dhanyavadalu
THAI :: ขอบคุณค่ะ (kop khun kha) - woman speaking
ขอบคุณครับ (kop khun krap) - man speaking
TIGRINYA :: yekeniele
TOHONO O'ODHAM :: m-sapo
TONGA :: tualumba
TORAJA :: kurre sumanga
TURKISH :: teşekkür ederim / sagolun
UDMURT :: tau
UKRAINIAN :: Дякую (d'akuju)
URDU :: shukriya
UYGHUR :: rahmat
UZBEK :: rahmat
VIETNAMESE :: cám ơn
WALLISIAN :: malo te ofa
WALOON :: ("betchfessîs" spelling) gråces / merci
thank you very much : gråces (merci) traze côps, gråces (merci) beacôp
WELSH :: diolch
WEST INDIAN CREOLE :: mèsi
WOLOF :: djiere dieuf
XHOSA :: enkosi
YAQUI :: kettu'i
YIDDISH :: a dank
YORUBA :: o sheun
ZULU :: ngiyabonga (literally means : I give thanks)
siyabonga (= we give thanks)
ngiyabonga kakhulu (thanks very much)

"Thank You" -no matter how, when or where, it should not be a go unsaid. 

Please forgive any errors.  Thank You (Smile).

 

 

Thankfulness sown allows one to reap the beauty if contentment.  

Thankfulness sown allows one to reap the beauty if contentment.  

1 Thessalonians 5:18

Sow What?

Good Works Sunday

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WHEN:

January 25, 2015

WHAT:

Food distribution

Small household repair

Nursing home visits

Goody bags for the homeless

Immediate neighbor needs

HOW:

http://www.pointharbor.org/good-works-sunday

If not here, then wherever you might be. Anywhere is fine. Any soil will do. Anytime you have the chance. Sow some good works. 

Sow What? 

Happy New Year -Everyday

A resolution to end all resolutions.

Any day could mark the end of one year and the beginning of another. After all, a year is just a passing of 12 months. So, why not live like everyday is an opportunity to begin anew? No need to wait for a specific day on the calendar like January 1. Here's something to think about. Each day could be our last and each new day can be viewed as a gift to start fresh.  If you fail to keep your new year's resolution, why not make it new day's resolution?  Isn't that all that January 1 is? A new day? Recommit each day until you achieve a year's worth of success. Any day can mark a year long of daily successes. We usually call those anniversaries. Celebrate your accomplishments on any day and recommit everyday. It's all how you look at it. 

Sunrise or Sunset? It's all how you look at it. 

Sunrise or Sunset? It's all how you look at it. 

Have a Happy New Year or a Happy New Day!

'Tis the Season

To contemplate the Gift given -the greatest gift given, Life. To contemplate all gifts given and all gifts received -the how and the why. 

Life for Life. 

Luke 2:11

John 10:10b

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

What Moves You -matters of the heart

Which is more important: "what" we do or "why" we do it?

Heart of Gold or Heart of Stone. 

Heart of Gold or Heart of Stone. 

I would submit that, at the very least they are of equal importance. The “why” often explains or defines the “what.” The “why” can make big things seem small and small things seem big.

The “why” calls into question one’s motives or motivations. The words “motive” and “motivation” stem from the Latin word "movere" which mean to move. Put yet another way what moves us may be called the” heart of the matter” or a “matter of the heart.” We often use those idioms when searching for a cause, the reason or the “why.”  And, it is not difficult to see why such phraseology works.  The heart is a vital part (of the body).  And, why is it so vital? The heart moves constantly to move life continuously throughout the body.  In essence, it is what moves us.  If it ceases to move, then we cease to move.

One might be tempted to confuse a motive with an explanation or excuse.  Put one way: as long as the explanation or excuse is good then it justifies the action. Not!  Let's not confuse excuses or explanations as being synonymous with motivation or motive. Even the criminal justice system (as imperfect as it may be at times) recognizes this as a flaw in logic. For this reason, they do not merely seek an explanation or an excuse but also look for motive.

Ponder this (over-simplified to make a point):
A very wealthy individual gives a large sum of money to charity in order to avoid taxes. 
A very poor individual gives most of her time and money because she recognizes others are in greater need than she. 

We all can recognize which of these individuals gave the most monetarily. But, I submit that the one who gave out of the recognition of the needs of others gave far more than the one who gave out of personal wealth. One gave to benefit self; the other gave to benefit others. If one gives only to benefit self, when the benefits end so will the giving. However, the one who gives solely to meet the needs of others will frequently continue to give regardless of the personal benefit. These examples point to how the heart/motivation/why may even be greater than the what.   

History also teaches us that even things like breaking the law and civil disobedience may be well justified depending on the motive. We have seen this with the Civil Rights movement, Nazi resistance, the Abolitionist movement.... The list goes on.

The heart is always moving. What is it moving you to do?
 

"People may be right in their own eyes, but the Lord examines the heart" – Proverbs 21:2 ESV

Sow what?