TODAY, I chose this heading because I want to show that in today’s world, people are so mean. They don’t appreciate what they have. They don’t know the value of the things that they have; I am not talking about the material things. I am talking about family, friends, home, community, and surroundings.
   

Once, when I was younger, my father used to tell me a story and from that story, I came up with an idea to write an article about being thankful for what we have. He used to tell me that in our neighborhood, there was a person who lost his one leg and was unable to walk, was poor, and did not have money for his treatment but was still happy because he knew the worth of what he had – family, friends, and surroundings. He was grateful for the one leg that he was able to stand on, and his positive attitude shaped the way he lived his life.

On the other hand, he had a neighbor who was rich. He had good food to eat, nice clothes, a car, and everything else except a television and was still not thankful and daily, saw his neighbor but never learned a lesson that he had everything he needed to live a lovely life and also couldn’t see that he had a lot of things that other people in his community didn’t have. One day, he was caught in an accident, and then he realized his mistake.  Now he is missing his two legs and one arm, but he was so late to realize that we don’t realize our mistakes until something bad happens to us.

Now, I want to tell you a lesson that we get from here is that people should be thankful for they what have because they have a family and everything else, so be thankful.