Thank You Notes, a Conundrum

When someone gives me something, I always like to thank them and return the favor as soon as possible. I do that because I like to help people and I enjoy seeing them happy. When I give someone something, I don't want a thank you note or a returned favor, I just want a smile to know they actually enjoyed what I had done. You would think I would think people would feel the same way? I do to a point, but I still feel obligated to write thank you notes.

Here's the thing, a thank you note is like a prison for me. I would love to return the favor and to give to those who have given to me, but I like to do it in my own way, and in a way that is actually good for something. When I write a thank you note, I have to hold back the hordes of thoughts in my mind that would like to burn, pillage, and destroy every thank you note I had written. I just can't get into them I don't know why. I love thanking people, but those just make me want to explode. Why do we think the only way to thank someone is by a card that says thank you on it? I feel like it is wrong for me to send the card, since I loathed ever second of its creation. Wouldn't you rather be thanked in person than by a card in the mail? Wouldn't you rather I did something for you, without feeling the obligation to write thank you notes? Well I do. It's not that I don't appreciate people, I just find those to be excessive and annoying. I mean is it really a thank you note, if I am not thankful to be writing it? Or should we call it, notes with thanks? Anyways, I think that thank you notes are a Hallmark invention meant to doom and enslave the human race for the next few hundred years.

But seriously, Transformers?
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