Learn to be grateful

Author: Xia Wu
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Publish Date: 2005-09-01
Features: Gratitude!—A compulsory lesson in life. With a grateful heart, cherish contentment and blessings. A grateful heart is always needed on the journey of life. Gratitude is the appreciation of life's gifts, the acceptance of our current state of existence; gratitude is the value we place on what we have, the cherishing of our limited lives; gratitude is the connection we feel toward those who gave us life, the tremor of compassion we experience from strangers. Learn to be grateful, never to be ungrateful. Learn to be grateful, embrace humility. Learn to be grateful, hold reverence in your heart. Learn to be grateful, let love outweigh hatred in your life. Learn to be grateful, understand that life requires repentance. Learn to be grateful, no longer indulge in wealth and power. Learn to be grateful, never forget to say "thank you." A grateful heart stays young forever! A grateful person stays happy forever!
Throughout our lives, we encounter many people worth remembering and cherishing, including family, lovers, classmates, friends, teachers, and others. These individuals have all given us care and support on our life's journey, and they are the ones we will forever be grateful to.
Gratitude!—Without sunshine, there would be no warmth of the day; without rain, no bountiful harvests; without water, no life; without parents, no selves; without family, love, and friendship, no companionship of love.
Gratitude allows us to perceive and cherish the people, things, and events around us with a heart of contentment. Gratitude helps us rediscover life's richness and abundance even on days that seem dull and numb. Gratitude lets us understand and savor the gifts of fate and the passion of life.
Thank the heavens, thank fate. The heavens are vast, the path is arduous, but as long as we have love in our hearts and gratitude in our souls, we will strive, and we can move forward.