Hi guys! Hope you're all having a nice week! I know I am! I'm especially happy because yesterday was one of my favorite holidays: Thanksgiving! I think Thanksgiving is such an awesome holiday to celebrate. Often times I feel like people often take what they have for granted, and once they get something they've really wanted, they want more. I know I do. Looking at the quote above always makes me realize how fortunate I am. It makes me realize that things that I don't even consider special-- like school, my home, food, being able to see and hear, being able to live in a country where I can choose what I want to do and believe, I mean, these are all things that some people DREAM of having. And here I am complaining about how little I have and wanting more. It's almost sick to think about. But anyways, in this blog, I'm going to be talking about the three things I'm most thankful for, and they are: family, friends, and all the things mentioned in the quote above!
As I mentioned earlier, one of the things I'm most thankful for is family. I love my family so much! They are the people who I get the most angry with, and the people who I love the most. I couldn't live without them! They know how irritating and crabby I can get, and they still choose to love me, which is probably very hard at times :) My parents always take time to tell me how proud they are of me, and always go out of their way to make sure my sisters and I feel loved. I know that I can always, always count on my family and they will be there for me for forever!
I am also very thankful for friends. I have the awesomest, funniest, weirdest group of friends ever! They are the each so unique, and even they know how weird I am, they still choose to be seen with me in public :) I always have such a great time with them, and even if we do argue (only sometimes), we always get through it! Life would be soooo boring without them!
Lastly, I am thankful for all the stuff mentioned in the quote above. Because it's just such a great quote, I'm going to write it again, just to make sure you know what it says, and you can truly see how many blessings we take for granted. It says "If you have food in your fridge, clothes on your back, a roof over your head, and a place to sleep, you are richer than 75% of the world. If you have money in the bank, your wallet, and some spare change, you are among the top 8% of the world's wealthy. If you woke up this morning with more health than illness, you are more blessed than the million people who will not survive this week. If you have never experienced the danger of a battle, the agony of imprisonment or torture, or the horrible pangs of starvation, you are luckier than 500 million people alive and suffering. If you can read this message, you are more fortunate than 3 billion people who cannot read at all." Pretty heavy, right? Every time I read that, it just hits me like a brick how fortunate I am. I just can't even imagine... I can't even fathom the pain of the people who have to live with torture, the people who don't know when they will get their next meal or if they'll even be able to make it to their next meal, the 500 million people alive and suffering... and then I think of me, complaining because I don't have enough money to go shopping, or because I have a headache.. and it's pathetic. It makes me so sad about how much I have, and how I don't even realize it.
Anyways, I guess what I'm trying to say is that I have so much to be thankful for. My family, my friends, and things like food and water and a home - these are things that a lot of people have to live without. So the least that I can do is be thankful for what I have, and not spend my time complaining. Thanks for reading!
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