LIFE IS A GIFT: APPRECIATE WHAT YOU HAVE TO OBTAIN WHAT YOU DO NOT HAVE

If you are alive, you are better off.
Do not wish to be like others but be yourself and always try to be  your better self. Know that wherever you are, there are always some people who crave to be there. whoever you crave to become also crave to become someone else -- such is life! Whatever life gives to you  is all for your own good. Accept it and life a happy life but deny it and face a great woe. 


Do not be ungrateful with what life offers you but with much enthusiasm and thankful heart, work with what you have. It is only when you appreciate what you have that you obtain what you do not have.  

The following line from an unknown author is a great inspiration that will help to drive home the point:

Before you think of saying an unkind word – think of someone who can’t speak.

Before you complain about the taste of your food – think of someone who has nothing to eat.

Before you complain about your husband or wife – think of someone who is crying out to God for a companion.

Today before you complain about life – think of someone who went too early to heaven.

Before you complain about your children – think of someone who desires children but they’re barren.

Before you argue about your dirty house, someone didn’t clean or sweep – think of the people who are living in the streets.

Before whining about the distance you drive – think of someone who walks the same distance with their feet.

And when you are tired and complain about your job – think of the unemployed, the disabled and those who wished they had your job.

But before you think of pointing the finger or condemning another – remember that not one of us are without sin and we all answer to one maker.

And when depressing thoughts seem to get you down – put a smile on your face and thank God you’re alive and still around.

Life is a gift – Accept it, Live it, Enjoy it, Celebrate it, and Fulfill it.