Being Thankful

Being grateful seems very easy. When there is something good happens, you will be grateful easily. Who would not be thankful if there is something that makes them happy? We have to thank with what what we have now. We never realize the importance of things that are just given to us. Most of us have healthy bodies, houses, parents and opportunities to be educated. However, do we always be thankful for what we have? At least for me, I do not. I rather complain for not having what I want.  I am selfish. My life can be a life that some other people desire. People become grateful and realize the true value and importance of things they possess when they lose them. Those can be health, houses, car, families and so on. I have a person I really think that he is one of the person I want to become. He is Job in the bible. God blessed him so much and he was right man that even god was so proud of him. Demon told god that Job is right man because god gave him so much things so let him test Job. Then Job lost his cattle, servants, and children. What would I do if I was in that situation? I would complain, blaming on god. However, Job did not. He praises god and says "God you are the who give and who take." Even though, he blames on god later, I just want to be like him just his grateful attitude. I become thankful when I live without things I have. For example, I realize how much I was blessed when I came from activity week. During the activity week, I did not have bed, laptop,proper toilet, ipod and even lights. Is a life which has everything a best life? No it is not. I live in Korea. Many people in Korea have fairly great lives, but are they happy? No, they are not, they want to have more as they get more. They fight a lot to get other things that they do not have. For example, if a person get 2100 in SAT, it is really a good thing but some people might say that is not enough in front of people who gets 1900. That is not thankful and hurting other people. Yes, if the person tried so hard so expected higher than that, it is understandable but the person still can be more grateful with the result and try harder to get better outcome. There are some people who are making some hard decision of taking another SAT because it is quite expensive. Yet, if we have opportunities, we have to use it effectively and get the most out of it.  We should be more thankful with little things and we will be tankful with something that is not delightful. Thankfully, I study in India at one of the best international school in the world. However, there are lots of people around the school who are extremely poor. We might think their lives are worse than ours. However, it is not. They are thankful with what they have. Even though what they have are nothing to us,   they mean a lot to them. I think they might have better lives than ours even if it does not look like. Learning and knowing how to be thankful will make us to live better life.

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