Be grateful for what you have

Be grateful for what you have:

Be grateful for what you have.

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Be grateful for where you are.

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Be grateful for your life.

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We all need more gratitude in our lives.

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Focusing on the good that we have.

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Rather than what we don’t.

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We always compare ourselves to others.

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Wanting things for reasons we don’t even understand.

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Wanting items rather than moments.

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We focus on what others have rather than what we do.

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If you have access to clean water, a roof over your head, healthy food and a social support system, you’re doing better than most of the world.

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Although it doesn’t seem like it, you are.

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People live their entire lives never traveling.

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Never going to other parts of the world.

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Only when you do, especially to places that are so different, that you get an appreciation for what you have.

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This is what my dad always told me as a kid.

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Always.

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Every trip.

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No matter where we went, his message was always the same.

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‘Be grateful for what you have.’

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‘Appreciate what you’ve got.

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‘Understand how lucky you are.’

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As a kid, my siblings and I brushed aside that message.

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We would rather play Pokemon on our DS or NBA on our PSP than listen to it.

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Yet because of those moments, it’s burned into my head.

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Gratitude.

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Being grateful for what you have.

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Appreciating how lucky you are to have the life you do.

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I try to remind myself of this a lot.

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Especially when life feels so hard.

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When you don’t want to get up.

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When you’re tired.

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When you just want to crawl under the covers.

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Those moments are when you need to remember.

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You’re doing alright.

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You have a lot going on for you.

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Even if it doesn’t feel like.

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Look at the positives of what you have.

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Not the negatives of what you don’t.

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Appreciate how other people live.

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And how lucky you are to be alive.

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Be grateful for what you have.

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