Yesturday afternoon I was having a conversation with my roomate, and what we spoke about got me thinking about how ungrateful we are. She was complaining about the lifts not working at res and how she does not like the setting of our resident. Instead of appreciating that she atleast has a decent place to stay she worries about minor thing that we can leave with. It really got me thinking about other people out there who have nothing, because of maybe the circumstances they they were born in,but we sit and complain about things that are not even that problematic. Recently I got to meet the Watoto Childrens Choir, this is a choir with kids that come from the most neediest families in Uganda, most of these children have no family and before joining the choir they no homes. And not even once did I hear any of them complaining about anything.
They are appreciative of everything that they have now in their lives, they learnt from an early age to make the most a bad situation. I was inspired by their positivity and thought to myself that I should be grateful and thankful for every liitle and big thing that I have because there are people who desire to leave the normal life that I leave. It's amazing how we take everything we have in our lives for granted, we even take ou parents for granted sometimes, and not realise that we are actually priveledged to have those parents, even if we don't get along that often. It's the little thing in our lives that we should be grateful for. At times we take advantage of the things that we have, not knowing that these things can be taken away from us, then what? Showing appreciation never hurt anyone!!!
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