Entry 28: Thanksgiving

What are you thankful for?

• If I am to say that I am thankful for anything, then it would be the fact or the action that I was born into this world, especially the fact that I was born in a family that is quite well off, with enough money to have 3C technology as well as enough money to send two children to go to a very expensive American school. Now I think about it, I have a lot of privileges. I get to live in an extremely comfortable environment, I get enough food, I get enough water, I get medical aid, and I get people to care for and about me. Also, I even get to enjoy entertainment, something that would technically be impossible if I was given birth to in a third world or in a less developed country. Many people right now are dying from starvation, illness, genocide, and homicide, yet I am living here so comfortable, without knowing the hardships of living alone or the hardships of war. From this I learned that I should not take things for granted - anything should be treated as a privilege. I also learned that I should show gratitude to the things I have and to the people who provide me these things (namely my mom and dad and my other family members).