<a href="http://judythewriter.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Do-the-Needful.jpg"><img class="aligncenter wp-image-7200 size-large" src="http://judythewriter.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Do-the-Needful-1024x539.jpg" alt="do-the-needful" width="760" height="400" /></a>We’ve finished a month of focus on thankfulness. When I saw this graphic on the Grammarly blog, I thought <em>doing the needful</em> would be an excellent way to end the month.

This wording might be the phrasing we would use in the U.S. More likely, we'd say something like <em>Please do what I asked.</em>

Grammarly.com offers a full discussion of the full origin of the phrase on <a href="https://www.grammarly.com/blog/do-the-needful/" target="_blank">their blog</a>.  Whatever wording you choose to use, the meaning is to <strong>do what needs to be done</strong>.

Isn't that a wonderful guideline for our actions year round?