Gratitude “ As he was going into a village, ten men who had leprosy[a] met him. They stood at a distance 13 and called out in a loud voice, ‘Jesus, Master, have pity on us!’ 14 When he saw them, he said, ‘Go, show yourselves to the priests.’ And as they went, they were cleansed. 15 One of them, when he saw he was healed, came back, praising God in a loud voice. 16 He threw himself at Jesus’ feet and thanked him—and he was a Samaritan. 17 Jesus asked, ‘Were not all ten cleansed? Where are the other nine? 18 Has no one returned to give praise to God except this foreigner?’ 19 Then he said to him, ‘Rise and go; your faith has made you well.’ ” Luke 17:12-19 Jesus was walking to a village when ten sick men came to him and asked to be healed. The scripture says that they went and they were cleansed. The next part of the story, however, is my favorite. After the healing, only one of the men returned to Jesus and says thank you. There were ten people healed, their lives completely changed, and yet only one person came back to give his thanks. How often do people do kind things for us not receive thanks? Maybe we are busy, maybe we forget, or maybe we just do not pay attention. Saying thank you is a verbal recognition that a person went out of their way to help us. Saying thank you is our form of showing appreciation of others and acknowledging even small gifts of kindness. Giving thanks is an outward sign that we appreciate the gifts we have. It is my prayer that you will be the One in Ten. That you say thank you when someone holds a door or serves you lunch. That you say thank you when people treat you with small acts of kindness. It is in giving thanks that we show how grateful we really are. Be the One in Ten.