Are you Thankful for what you have ?

Bo592

Bo592

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Are you Thankful for what you have ? Do you take your life for granted ? If you have a crummy job then thank of the people who would love to have your job. If you have a bad spouse or friends. Than thank of the people who still have to go home alone every day wonder if they are going to die alone or not. If you have a roof over your head than thank of the people who are homeless. If you have a nice hot meal than thank of the people who go hungry everyday who would love to have that meal that you are sick and tried of .
 
OceanMist

OceanMist

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Being thankful is difficult in my situation. I don't have any friends, and haven't had any for a while. The loneliness is so bad that I really don't feel thankful about anything to be honest. Plus I have this job situation that is stressful right now, and am very poor.
 
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jaim38

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I try to be thankful with what I have. When I was bullied I tried to tell myself "at least I have access to education, food to eat, water to drink, clothes to wear, etc..." It is hard in such situations but I came out of them alive. I keep a "journal" listing the things I'm grateful for.
 
Steelsoul

Steelsoul

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I can be thankful but i'm not satisfied with what i have. Especially when people around me are all better than me. I want to be rich and social like them, that's why i keep trying
 
sahxox

sahxox

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Interesting point Bo592... I think to an extent that taking things for granted is an innate part of human nature. If you drive a Toyota, you may dream of a Porsche. If you drive a Porsche, you wish you had a Ferrari. If you have a Ferrari, a Veyron would just be oh-so-much cooler.
I like this pic I got off facebook somewhere.
https://www.google.com.au/search?hl...tty-there-is-always-someone-uglier%2F;500;322
Also
"They say you don't know what you had until it's gone. Truth is, you know exactly what you had, you just never thought you would lose it."

Food for thought anyway.
 
neardeath

neardeath

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I am thankful for what I had. My earlier days, although difficult because of this disease, were pretty good . I'm also thankful for the fact that I have a home and a family who loves me.

I am thankful because it really could be so much worse. I know some people get mad when you tell them that, but for me, it is just so true. For me, that thought helps me when I am really down. I always see others who are suffering more than I am in this world. This world is a suffering place.
 
honestjeenn

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neardeath said:
I am thankful for what I had. My earlier days, although difficult because of this disease, were pretty good . I'm also thankful for the fact that I have a home and a family who loves me.

I am thankful because it really could be so much worse. I know some people get mad when you tell them that, but for me, it is just so true. For me, that thought helps me when I am really down. I always see others who are suffering more than I am in this world. This world is a suffering place.
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Yes, we just need to stay positive and be thankful for all of the things that we are having... We are lucky than others. have seen people begging on the street. At least we are not.
 
Arthur_Dent

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For e there's a fine line between mediocrity and being ungrateful, I guess the point is be grateful for what you have, but also be aware of what can be improved, and work towards it instead of only whine about it.
 
anomicdeer

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I am GRATEFUL. I don't thank everything, but I do appreciate all that is good, like having a place to stay and not starving. I don't always have food, I don't have a job, and I don't have friends. I have no car or driver's license. But I try to stay positive when I can. Although I try to be that way, it doesn't really help with my fate. At least it doesn't look that way.
 
Bo592

Bo592

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I am Thankful for what I have and I know nothing more will come my way in tell I feel good enough to pick myself up and keep moving on.
 
NathanielWingatePeaslee

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I guess you can be thankful in an abstract, removed sort of way that you can walk, aren't starving, etc. I don't think you can really feel it in a emotional and visceral way unless you've experienced what it's like to be without.
 
Flanscho

Flanscho

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I thank people if they do something for me.

Stuff like "I'm thankful for the sun because it warms me" makes no sense to me. The sun doesn't give a shit about me. The sun is shining not for me. So why should I be thankful for it? Same with most other things.

If someone does something for me, then I am thankful for that. But not if some things happen that have actually nothing to do with me.
 
BlueDays

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Bo592 said:
Are you Thankful for what you have ? Do you take your life for granted ? If you have a crummy job then thank of the people who would love to have your job. If you have a bad spouse or friends. Than thank of the people who still have to go home alone every day wonder if they are going to die alone or not. If you have a roof over your head than thank of the people who are homeless. If you have a nice hot meal than thank of the people who go hungry everyday who would love to have that meal that you are sick and tried of .
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Why do you assume that everyone here has all of those things in their life?
There would be some in here who would be happy to have a crummy job. Some in here that don't have enough money to prevent themselves from experiencing unwanted hunger. And some who are precariously close to losing the roof over their head.
It is interesting that it could be automatically thought that there is no one in this site that do not have the all the things that normal people may take for granted.:sad:
 
Bo592

Bo592

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BlueDays said:
Why do you assume that everyone here has all of those things in their life?
There would be some in here who would be happy to have a crummy job. Some in here that don't have enough money to prevent themselves from experiencing unwanted hunger. And some who are precariously close to losing the roof over their head.
It is interesting that it could be automatically thought that there is no one in this site that do not have the all the things that normal people may take for granted.:sad:
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BuleDays ,I am one of those people who don`t have some of these thing I said.
 
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