Be Grateful for the little you have.
By Teboho Masakala (c)
We live in times were people are ungrateful and full of complains
all the time. The times were people do
not appreciate the little they have. We want more and when we do get more we
seek even more!
Learn to appreciate the little you have. You may have a
single pair of shoes, love them, take good care of them and always appreciate them
because the is someone in Asia or Brazil who has none, who would kill to have
the very same pair of shoes you want to get rid off because you are tired of being
seen wearing the same shoes every day. Know that the is a kid somewhere in the world
who walk barefooted to school.
While you cry for branded shoes, clothes and want to “Fit in
with the crowd” know that someone out there wishes to have what you have. Someone out
there wishes their parents could buy them those shoes or clothes you want to
throw away because you are complaining
that they are not branded or doesn’t suit your style.
Appreciate and love your parents, some people don’t know the
face of their parents except for the photo memories they are left with if they are lucky as some
don’t know how their mothers looked like! Tell your parents how much you love
them because they won’t be around forever . Show them you love them while they are
still alive than waiting for them to be six feet under to buy them expensive
coffin and tombstones. That’s not love, you can’t show love to dead people,
they don’t know it, but the living knows how it is to be loved.
Stop complaining about eating certain type of food everyday
and forcefully demanding variety. Look at the street kids and those in
orphanages, they would love to eat have what you complaining about. They would
do anything just to taste what you called irritating, boring or dull. Learn to appreciate
it.
Appreciate life, don’t live your life on the fast lane, yes
you only live once but don’t ruin your life or drink yourself to stupor just to
fit in. Life is a gift from God that needs to be appreciated. It is a gift that
comes only once and you don’t want to live with regrets on how you wasted your
life as a young person.
Look around you, your neighbours, friends and those who are
less fortunate. See how blessed you are to have what you have. It is not about
having money nor does it bring happiness. No, being content with what you have
will make God bless you even more because of you appreciating what he gave you.
If you can be faithful with the little you have, surely God can trust you with
mammoth things.
Appreciate the little you have, don’t take it for granted or
you will regret later in your life.
By Teboho Masakala(C)
Copyright: Teboho Masakala
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