Grateful

I want to start by hoping that you had a great Thanksgiving with your family, friends, and whoever else you celebrated with, and I also want to say that I hope this writing isn't just another cliched writing about being thankful, I want this to stand out and resonate with you for more than just this thanksgiving. We're gonna start with what exactly it means to be grateful, the things you should be thankful of, a small quote I want to address, and thoughts on the thanksgiving tradition of being thankful. Grateful, an adjective used to describe the appreciation of something. In simple terms, being thankful for something. That's the literal definition, but you know that I go farther, I deep into philosophy and theory, and today is no different. Grateful goes deep to me, the meaning is more than just, appreciation. It shows an understanding, and it shows a level of intelligence. What I mean by this is, so many people have so much, and don't understand it, and in my opinion this is just a show of arrogance, and I feel like arrogance is something that brings intelligence down. I see this with my own eyes all the time, and it's really a sad site to see. People need to know their flaws as much as their strengths. Knowing your flaws gives you something to work on. If you have no flaws you have nothing to fix, nothing to work on, and if you don't keep consistency you will fall off of anything you do in life, that includes intelligence. The main takeaway from this is don't be ungrateful, try your best to understand the things you have. What exactly do you have that you need to be thankful about? Well, let's list the simple things. First, the people that you have in your life. This matters a lot and should be your number one priority on the grateful list, and I don't want you to just know the people that you are grateful for in life, I want you to tell these people, make them aware that you love them, that you appreciate them, that you see them because there are people you will be grateful for because they do so much for you, but you don't see, these people are ignored, yet they help you more than most, I've been on both sides of the spectrum this one sucks. Second thing to be thankful for is the objects, this is one that I see neglected a lot. Be aware of the things you have, they're precious and help you be who you are whether you understand that or not. Just like people, do not take these things for granted, just close your eyes, and think about the things you have, everything from your phone and electronics, down to your indoor plumbing, and carpets.

Third thing is your situations. This means the things you are going through, and for some people you might be saying, "my situation is nothing to be thankful for." I am going to tell you that everything you're going through, it strengthens the success you will have in the future. Life is tough, you're not wrong, but look, Michael Jordan got cut once from his basketball team, Oprah Winfrey was fired from her job as a news reporter, Thomas Edison was told he was to stupid to learn by his teachers, Ferruccio Lamborghini was told he could never handle a Ferrari, Walt Disney was told he wasn't creative enough for the news, The Rock was once cut from his football team. You will make it, it will be ok. Then last but not least, the fourth thing. This one goes with the first one, but it deserves it's own place. Be grateful for yourself. The person in the mirror has the ability to change your life for better or for worse. The person in the mirror has the ability to help you do anything you want to do, and the ability to ruin your dreams. The person in the mirror is your best friend and your worst enemy. The person in the mirror is you. Those are the four most important things to be grateful for.

"You don't know what you have until you lose it." This quote is somewhat true. I mean it's very broad because you know a lot of the things you do have, but it is definitely true that you understand some of the things you had, when you lose it. And if you have ever lost things, you know it's true, it's happened to me as well, and I'm not going to lie I for sure thought I knew everything to be thankful for, I was wrong. To deal with this you should not only be thankful for those four things I mentioned above, but take a second to say, or think. "I am thankful for the things I do not know about." That shows work I don't think that you should literally take a day and just think about the things that you don't know about, so just use my recommendation above. Now I want to touch on something you have probably heard. "Thanksgiving should not be the only day that you're thankful." Now for the slight chance that you haven't heard this, you have now. Also, I think that this is true, but the connotation has been messed up over the years. When I hear this it's in a somewhat angry and negative connotation, it's indirectly calling people selfish to only be grateful and appreciate on one day. Which is a terrible interpretation because if that's how it was, I wouldn't use it anymore, that's stupid. I do think though, that it is saying the truth. Honestly you should be thankful all the time. Now it doesn't have to be everyday, we don't have time for that, but as often as you can. Whether that is once a month, once a week, or maybe you can take a few minutes everyday, whatever, but be thankful for more than just thanksgiving. This sums up my thoughts. Thanksgiving is not just a day just to be thankful, it is a reminder to be thankful on other days, and throughout your life. That is all. I really like how this writing turned out, and that if you read to this point you understand a little more about what it means to be grateful, you understand the things you should be grateful for, you understand that you are not aware of all the things you have, and, I'm gonna say it again, you understand that thanksgiving is not the only day to be thankful, it's a reminder. I hope you enjoyed, shouts out to my cousin Preaa for the color scheme of this writing, and yea, peace. Original