MINIPOD: The Man at the Station (Thanks That Got Away)

Angela Scanlon's Thanks A Million

Angela Scanlon

Mental Health, Gratitude, Health & Fitness, Society & Culture, Irish, Ireland, Rte, Scanlon, Anxiety, Angela Scanlon, Uplifting, Thanks, Anxious, Grateful, Wellbeing, Positivity

4.8 • 803 Ratings

🗓️ 8 October 2021

⏱️ 4 minutes

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Summary

A listener shares a thank you from their morning commute…

Thanks A Million listeners share their “Thanks That Got Away”! The people you never got a chance to say 'thank you' to. The people who changed your whole life or outlook and you didn’t get the opportunity to tell them. Now is your chance!

Perhaps it was a stranger on the bus who picked you up when you were down? The holiday romance that taught you what true love could be? Or the ex who taught you what it definitely wasn’t? Maybe it’s the sibling you never appreciated until it was too late. The nurse who cared for you in your darkest hour or the friend who opened your eyes to the beauty of the world...

Over the years I’ve learnt just how wonderful it feels to say those two simple words ‘thank you’, and how a simple act of gratitude can have truly transformative effects far beyond anything you can imagine. So write to me – tell me your story of the thanks that got away so it might inspire us all to take a moment and reflect on those who deserve some gratitude.

To get your story featured just email no more than 600 words to:

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You can be kept anonymous if you prefer, but it’s finally a chance to let it out, hold back no more and share that thank you which you never got to give!

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0:00.0	Hello, it is Angela Scanlan and I am back with the thanks that got away. You know the drill by now.
0:05.4	If you want to get featured in this minipod with your thanks that got away, could be anybody.
0:10.0	Could be absolutely anybody. Could be a butcher, could be a baker, could be a candlestick maker,
0:14.0	could be a car, uh, anyway, you get the drift. It's whoever you wanted to be. I love,
0:19.2	actually love. It feels like mailbag. Getting your letters.
0:22.8	Oh, an intimate look into your lives. Nothing I love more than a poke around your brains.
0:29.5	A word of warning, some may find this week's letter upsetting. If you could be affected,
0:34.2	do check the show notes for all of the details. Here we go with this week's letter.
0:41.6	To the man at Hackney Central, I nervously entered the train carriage at Brondesbury Station
0:47.1	and looked for an available seat. It was my first day back at work, 8th of March, after being
0:52.4	furloughed for several months and I hadn't been
0:54.5	on public transport for a while. I felt more than a little anxious at the prospect of travelling
0:59.6	in rush hour coupled with starting my new role. To my relief, the train wasn't all that packed,
1:04.8	but still, masked faces and unfriendly eyes stared cautiously as we, the commuters collectively
1:10.7	continued to adapt to our ever-evolving
1:13.0	new normal. As I exited the station at Hackney Central, there you were, sitting opposite the coffee
1:20.4	kiosk, a slender bearded, middle-aged man wrapped in a padded winter coat and wearing a beanie hat,
1:28.9	greeting the barrage of commuters passing by. I noticed how you made eye contact, said, good morning, have a nice day,
1:35.3	to as many people as you could. You had a gentle, kind energy about you. It really surprised and
1:41.2	cheered me up. We all know that eye contact and speaking to strangers is a big no-no in the big smoke.
1:47.7	You were there the next day and did the same, made eye contact, said hello and have a nice day,
1:53.1	then the next day and the day after that.
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