"Thanks for what you didn't know you did for me."

So, I stumbled upon a thread on this forum I've been at for the past.. 3? years. The title was "Thanks for what you didn't know you did for me." It was basically a place for people to voice their thanks to friends, family or complete strangers, for at some point having done something that changed their life, or had a huge impact on them. It could be anything, little things or big things, or just a sentence meant to cheer someone up.

It was a really great thread, if you ask me, a place to say thanks to that stranger who sent you a smile on a really shitty day, or the friend of a friend who never knew how much it meant, when they said they admire and respect you for a choice or action.

However, as much as I like the idea of it, I agree with something a person said in there. "If you have the chance to thank the person, do it. It might help them as much as what they did or said, helped you." We probably don't thank the people who should be thanked, often enough. I know I don't. I try to show my gratitude in other ways, but I'm not sure it always shows. One can only hope.

So I guess this is a thank you. I'm not going to name any names, the reasons I have for gratitude range from seemingly insignificant to very personal, and is not anyone else's business, then whom it concerns. But it's still a thank you. For the ones who have been there for me, supported me, cared about me, protected me and tried to keep my mood up at bad times.

Angel over and out.