Deep Sense of Gratitude

As long as you are still alive and have breath, then there are many reasons to be grateful. The things you despise and do not deem fit to be part of your list of gratitude is someone else's prayer point.

I remember a story that was told by someone we went to school together. The friend of his father got so ill that he was taken to the hospital. The illness happened in a way that it blocked his urinary track. After defying drugs and other medications, they opted for surgery, it was at that point he realized that even urinating freely is a very big reason to be grateful.

After raising money for the surgery (which was over 1 million in the local currency), he was scheduled for the surgery but before then, a device and a pipe was connected inside him to help him drain urine. After the surgery, during his recovery process, he made this statement that made so much sense. He said "urinating is a gift that should be appreciated".

You see, most times, people do not feel the need to be appreciative of what they have or what they can do until such things are lost. You should not wait till something becomes a memory before you value it. Someone that cannot value or show appreciation for the little may not be able to show appropriation for something big - that is if something big will come.

It is when you value where you are at the moment, then you will qualify to access the next and better phase of your life. Even you as an individual, if you show acts of kindness to someone and they neither value nor show gratitude for it, will you be moved to do any other acts of kindness for them in the future?

Valuing things or showing gratitude for something will not cost you anything but it will even bring future advantages. Very many things in and around you that should worth your gratitude: Like the family you have, the friends you make, the corrections you received that have made you to become a better person, the list is vast.

If you will be able to think with an open mind and reflect on the good things of life, you will see many things that will qualify for gratitude. Why many people do not considered being grateful or appreciative of what they have is because of the mentality that it is their right or they deserve it. Maybe I should remind you that even living a life is not deserve but by privileges. So stay humble and grateful.

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