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.  

1 Thessalonians 5:18

Sow What?

Did you know...

that the words "silent" and "listen" contain the same letters?

Silent

Listen

Coincidence?  I think not.  

 "My dear brothers and sisters, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry," -James 1:19

Smart Watch

noun

1. Any watch that tells time and doesn't cost an arm or a leg. See also smart car.  

2. An overpriced piece of technology that does exactly what your smart phone does.  

Example in a sentence.  

Is that a smart watch?  Yes, it only cost me $22.  

Just 22 bucks and it tells time! 

He Has Risen -Matthew 28:6

Ponder this. If man with his limited knowledge can resuscitate the dead, why couldn't God in His infinite knowledge resurrect the dead?  Medically speaking, we use blood transfusions and stem cell/organ/marrow transplants, to save lives and treat disease.  Sometimes, donors gave  these gifts of life at the cost of their own. Was not a similar sacrifice made on Calvary? A donation of blood from a universal donor was made for a transfusion that could cure a 100% fatal disease, a genetic disease inherited through the "S chromosome."

This is what Easter means to me. 

Just as the sun rises to start each day, our faith begins with the risen Son.  

Je suis important aussi. I am important too.

Words matter. Words are important. We often like to pretend that our actions do not have consequences -that we have the freedom to say and do anything without fear of consequences. While many of us possess the freedom to speak and act, this does not grant us freedom from the consequences of our words or actions. The actual only way to control the consequences of our actions is to control our actions. We expect to have the freedom to disrespect others and at the same time demand others to respect us. For some, disrespect is a life or death matter. And it's not just radical extremist. Sadly, disrespect has been a catalyst for violence throughout history. Other guilty parties include developed nations, street gangs, childhood bullies, figures of authority... the list goes on.  For some, perceived freedom to say whatever they want emboldens others to exercise their perceived freedom to react in any manner that they see fit.  Some of these "acts of freedom" have been called the following:

Justice, terrorism, propaganda, resistance, protest, rioting, liberty, crusades, murder, revenge, salvation, anti-Semitism, racism, vigilantism, patriotism...

Of course, there are many more.

In essence, it goes back to the old saying: "One man's freedom ends where another man's freedom begins."

Simply stated, words are actions.  What we say has consequences just as what we do has consequences.  Think not. Try yelling "fire" in a public building  Say, "bomb" when attempting to board a flight.  Use sexually or racially offensive language in a public forum... The consequence of such words will come harder and faster than any physical action that you could mount to undo those words.  Just think about any victim of "Foot-n-Mouth" disease.  We have all had a case at one time or another.  The famous cases (celebrities and politicians) often seem to have longest convalescent periods.

If words were so trivial, why would so many government be listening and recording every word we say?

We can't just say or write whatever we want and expect to control and predict how people react.  We can only be responsible for our actions.  I have no control over how readers will respond to this or any of my posts.  If it is your goal to offend or disrespect, should you be surprised when the disrespected choose to disrespect your in return?  For some, their faith is greater than life itself.  So, it is not a great stretch to take another's life if their faith has been disrespected.  They are often more than willing to give their lives for such beliefs.  For others, freedom is their religion.  So, they exercise it with the same dangerous zeal that they would call fanatical in another context.  They too are willing to give their lives for the cause of "freedom."  Does one action of belief  justify the other?  No. Just as we cannot do whatever we would like without consequences, we cannot say or write whatever we would like without consequences.  This is not to defend the actions of defamation or extremism. Nor is this an attempt to draw a false moral equivalence. Here is the point in short, words are actions.

Let's stop pretending that words are not actions that have consequences for good or otherwise.

http://mobile.nytimes.com/2015/01/09/opinion/david-brooks-i-am-not-charlie-hebdo.html?referrer=&_r=1

People matter. People are equally important. 

12 were slain in Paris, and the world responded.  Around the same time 2000 men, women and children were murdered in Nigeria, and the world remained largely silent.  Slayings occurred in Missouri, New York, Florida, Ohio, Connecticut, and we protested. And yet, so many more died in a similar fashion throughout the years and across the globe that aroused no response whatsoever.  Here's a similar example: A plane goes down, and the report states that there were no American lives lost.  Does that somehow make things less tragic?  Are some lives more valuable than others?  Is it only a tragedy if it occurs in my hometown, to my race, against my religion, or in my country.  No, it's a tragedy if it happens in my world.  We are not all "Charlie," but "We are the World (to quote an 80's song)."

We must value all lives as important, not just the ones that we identify with or those that have the most in common with us.  Failing to do so is one of the root causes of prejudice, hate, terrorism, sectarian violence, authoritarian brutality, genocide, civil unrest...  Sadly, this list goes on. 

Once again, let's stop pretending that words spoken or otherwise exist without consequence and that some lives are more valuable than others.

The truth is that both Words and People matter.