Be Grateful --Alexis Boatman

    Being grateful is what people say all the time, but do people really understand and do what they are saying? Being grateful is one of the best characteristics of a person, but it is often sometimes hard. Sometimes things happen and you should just be grateful for what you have, because that would make the situation so much better, but it's very difficult.

    Ever since I was little my parents have always taught me to be grateful, see the better things in life because you never know what other people are going through. For example, I always want the better and newer things in life, but I should just be grateful for what I have. I have a great family, friends, and I have everything that I need. Some people don't have all of their needs, like running water and things like that. Often we don't understand that we have it good in this little town of Arkansas. We have water and groceries stores and places like that to get whatever we want, and some places and people don't have any of that. In other countries they have to walk miles and miles just to get water, and it is often dirty. We are considered "rich" if we have running water and clothes, because that is all we need. We don't have to have phones, they are just a necessity. Also, we think that Thanksgiving is the only day that we should be grateful, but that is very wrong. We should be grateful everyday, for everything that we have because it's all we need. 

    I choose to be grateful. I am grateful for everything that I have because everything that I have could be taken away at any point in our life. We are not promised anything in life and that's why I choose to be grateful.