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Isn't it nice when people say 'thank you'? I wonder how may times 'thank you' has been said or written today, in whatever language. It's heartening to imagine people all over the world, from the Arctic to the Antarctic, saying 'thank you' to one another. It's good to think of people helping each other in this difficult life, and in turn appreciating each other for this help. Let us savour the contributions people make to keeping ruthless selfishness, cruelty and sheer misery at bay. For what is benign always seems vulnerable, in peril.