Please Don't Thank Me

An exploration of gratitude

I’ve been debating writing this, but actually it feels like the right thing to do so I’m writing it.

I really genuinely appreciate and value the messages that you send me letting me know the ways in which my writing has resonated with you, the thoughts it has led you to, the emotions it brought up in you, what it reminds you of in your own lives. I really love receiving those messages and they are a highlight of my day.

Sometimes - often in fact - those messages contain a ‘thank you’, like a thank you for writing, or a thank you for your ‘honesty’ (that’s a word that comes up a lot), and I find that bit really very difficult.