A newly arrived soul in Heaven was met by St. Peter.

The saint toured the soul around Heaven. Both of them
walked side by side inside a large workroom filled with
angels.

St. Peter stopped in front of the first section and said,
"This is the Receiving Section. Here, all the petitions
to God said in prayer are received.
 

The soul looked at the section, and it was terribly busy
with so many angels sorting out petitions written on
voluminous paper sheets from all over the world.

They walked again until they reached the 2nd section.

"This is the Packaging and Delivery Section. Here, the
graces and blessings asked for are packed and delivered
to those who asked for them down on earth.

"Oh, how busy it was! There were many angels working in
that room, since so many blessing were being packed and
delivered to earth.

Finally at the farthest corner of the room, the soul
stopped at the last section. To the surprise of the soul,
only one angel was there, hardly doing anything.
 

"This is the Acknowledging Section," St. Peter told the
soul,

"How is it that there is no work here?"

St. Peter answered, "That's the sad thing. After people
receive the blessings they asked for, very few send their
acknowledgments."

"How does one acknowledge God's blessing?"

"Simple," St. Peter answered. "Just say, 'Thank you, Lord'."
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