What It Means To Be Grateful

As our author says in the article Choose To Be Grateful. It Will Make You Happier, “For many people, gratitude is difficult, because life is difficult” (Brooks 2). Is being grateful really that hard? There is an abundance of things that happen in everyone’s day to day life that you just forget to be grateful about the little things. It is very important to be grateful for the things in your life. There is so many things to be thankful for it's hard to be ungrateful. I have realized that there are a few major things in life to be grateful for. One of them being your family. It can be easy to forget how much your family does for you. After a while, one just becomes used to their family doing things for them, but everything they do for one another is something to be grateful for. Another thing, is your friends. Friends play a major role in
As Brooks says, “When was the last time you were grateful for the spots on a trout?” (Brooks 5)The first small thing I am thankful for is color. Without color life would be so boring to just be in all black and white all the time. Color shows creativity and individuality. Another thing I am grateful for is dishwashers. Dishwashers have made my life so much easier. When dishes are my chore for the week I can just load and unload the dishwasher opposed to having to hand wash every single dish that had been used. Flash drives are also a big life savor. I never thought to be grateful for them before this assignment. I chose now to be grateful because I have all my pictures saved on a flash drive. If I were to lose that I would lose not only all my pictures, but all the memories that go along with them. Being appreciative for the little things can make you so much happier. Once one realizes that they will notice all the little things that make life a whole lot easier and help in the simplest