I've been thinking over the past couple of days about gratitude. Gratitude is a very important thing to have in the word we live in. We receive so many things, some we don't even think about or feel grateful for. I think it's good to learn how to be grateful so that we never forget to do it.

I was telling my family about a story we read in English a few months ago. It was about a couple who was out to eat at a restaurant. And since it was her husband's birthday, the wife had arranged to have a cake brought out and have the waiters sing happy birthday. When this started happening, the husband looked at his wife with annoyance and anger because he was embarrassed. His wife saw that he wasn't happy about this and began to cry. She had worked so hard to plan this, only to have him not like it. This whole story was being told from the perspective of a person who was sitting at another table watching them.

I think there are a few things we can learn from this story about gratitude and recognizing the effort that others have made for us. It's important to be grateful if someone does anything for us. Even if it's not our favorite thing, we should still be grateful that they went through the effort for us. We should also be careful how we act because the people around us will always watch and see how we are acting.

Sometimes it's hard to remember that we need to be grateful. We expect things to happen because that's how they have been our whole lives. But even if we know something's going to be there, we should still be grateful that we have it. 

I've heard a lot about having a gratitude journal, and I think it's a good idea. My family has kept a gratitude journal and is great to look back on. If you keep a personal journal, this can either be separate or combined with this. Your gratitude journal is meant to record the things you're grateful for every day. I think this a good idea, especially for younger kids trying to learn about gratitude. Here is a link where you can make your own gratitude journal.

This is a great talk about being grateful in any circumstance. I know that sometimes in our lives we go through harder circumstances and it's harder to remember to be grateful, but gratitude will bless us no matter what situation we are in. 

How are you grateful in any circumstance?


Always have hope,