#ThoughtfulThursday

All of our technology is great except when it isn't. And when it isn't is when it makes us forget to be thoughtful. There used to be a day when people didn't need to be reminded to be thoughtful. It was much more natural than it is now. It seems that the saturation of technology has eliminated our ability to be thoughtful. And I'm not talking about actions, I'm talking about how we speak to one another. It lacks thoughtfulness - especially when we are divided over something.
Today don't let this modern world keep you from rushing past a moment to practice thoughtfulness, especially in how you speak to people.

Here's an idea or two for thoughtfulness:

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More bang for your buck

This phrase was used a lot in 1953 but an earlier citation puts it at 1940 in a Metals and Plastics Publications advertisement. Read about it here . The phrase means you get more for your money.

Call it a Day

The literal use of this phrase hails from 1838 when the phrase originally was "call it half a day" to mean leaving work early. (source) The modern use of the phrase is to indicate ending something due to false sense of accomplishment.

Butter someone up

There are two probable origins for this idiom and I think both are equally plausible. The first one is that when you spread butter on bread you are buttering it up like one would do when trying to flatter someone. The second is in ancient India there was a practice of throwing balls of butter at statues to ask for favor, i.e. buttering them up. ( source ) When we use the phrase today we generally mean that extreme flattery is used to gain information or favor. It's not always necessarily a compliment.

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