It is amazing how teens grow up forgetting how to be grateful to the very parents who nurtured and cared for their every .  The whole of  society begins to degenerate when there is lack of appreciation to the right people in our lives- parents, teachers, preachers, doctors, think about any person in your life who has made it possible for you to be where you are today. You should be grateful for your siblings who have served as a source inspiration and challenge to you. Even for the people who seemingly appear to be hindrances in your life. They are there to make you strong, to make you reach for the stars.

“To speak gratitude is courteous and pleasant, to enact gratitude is generous and noble, but to live gratitude is to touch heaven.” Johannes A. Gaertner

Do you want to touch heaven? Then this is what you must do DEVELOP AN ATTITUDE OF GRATITUDE..

This is an insightful story I normally tell teens who show signs of ingratitude. A man dejected in life decided to end it all  by hanging himself. He took of his shirt, trousers and finally his shoes, just then he heard a strange noise and noticed from afar  three disabled men. The first had no arms with which to wear and to look good in a shirt, the second had no legs and was in a wheel chair meaning he could not spot a lovely pair of trousers and the last man had no feet and was on cratches, he could not wear a decent  pair of   shoes. He looked again and this time started burst into tears realizing  his folly – not appreciating what he had taken for granted – arms, legs and feet. Do not look dejected neither lack confidence, there is more to you than meets the eye instead begin each day with a grateful heart!

The dejected and ungrateful man looked again and burst into tears realizing how ungrateful he had been all his life, not appreciating what he had been given all this time.

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