When I was a kid in Catholic school, we used various editions of the Baltimore Catechism to learn the religion. One of the learning aids on prayer was to remember that it had four parts, and the mnemonic PART contained them: petition, adoration, reparation and thanksgiving.
It has struck me more than once that some of the best and most necessary language between human beings was not wholly unlike this, that the most important things we have to say to one another, however we stammer them out, are: Please. Wow. Sorry. Thank you.
And if you'll indulge me, one of the best videos she ever made.
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