An Order of Gratitude
NOVEMBER 2015
PA R K E R C O U N T Y T O D AY
Gratitude is a beautiful thing. But somehow gratitude seems
to be going out of fashion. It’s been replaced by and large by
witty blogs that criticize things people do out of sheer kindness.
It almost seems that the world likes to punish people for
their good intentions.
I just read an article entitled, Stupid Things People Say
When You’re Grieving. It basically rips apart every platitude
ever muttered in a funeral receiving line. By the same token,
it belittled anyone who ever whispered any of these unoriginal condolences to a bereaved friend, loved one or acquaintance.
I googled, “Stupid Condolences People Say to the
Bereaved.