Taking Things for Granted

Hello! SilverDawn here with another post on Gratitude!

In the Western world, we tend to take things for granted - things such as that we have a roof over our heads, a warm bed, food and water, a loving family, and friends. 

If all these things were taken away from you, how would you feel? Sad, scared, depressed, and maybe angry, I imagine. But you don't think about that when you have them, do you? Well, count your blessings and you'll be happy. Here are some of mine:

• Loving, kind, sensible parents
• A wonderful sister
• Lots of friends
• A lovely home
• Five adorable cats
• Food and drink
• Clothes
• Education
• Books
• Toys
• The ability to make a blog
• Authorship on this blog
• A friendship with wonderful people like FrostWolf
• An ability to things which make me happy, like drawing and riding
• Special experiences such as the times when we visited Africa

And thousands of other things! Thousands of them!

Lots of people keep wanting more, and more, and more - but they don't realise that they already have everything they need to make them happy. 

I hope I or somebody else hasn't posted this before!

Gratitude

Hello! :D

I'm not sure if someone has already posted on gratitude, but I thought it would be OK for me to do so. :3

 Anyway, people nowadays in the Western world (Europe, America, and Australia) aren't as grateful as they used to be, in general. Of course there are exceptions, as there are with everything. 

People take things for granted - like the roof over their head, their access to food and water when they need it, the fact that they have legs and arms which work unlike some peoples', and all that sort of thing. 

In general, it is the people who have less who are more grateful. In one way, this is logical - but in the other way, it doesn't make any sense at all. Poorer people have less, so they have less to be grateful for - but yet  they are more grateful for what they do have. 

Be grateful and thankful for what you've got. You'll feel much happier. :)