English Corner ----Be Thankful

Be Grateful

Everyday, millions of people die of…….

Hunger…

Thirst…

Malnutrition （ 营养不良） ….

And some…are just waiting to die ….. While vultures （ 秃鹰 ） …. wait for them to die too….

Have you realized HOW LUCKY you are??? Yet what do you do?

Almost everyday… We complain….

We envy other people…

We cry when we don’t get what we want. But when we get it…We want some more.

Look around you … Look and realize YOU ARE LUCKY!!!

Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe once said… You will never have what you like until you learn to like what you have.

We start liking what we have by being thankful!!!

Being Thankful!!!

START with saying THANK YOU!!!

In English Thank you!!

In Chinese XIE XIE!( 谢谢！ )

In French Merci!

In Spanish Gracias!

In Filipino Salamat!

But of course words are just words! When you say thank you, you have to say it from the HEART!

Have you met people who seems to shine from within? People…who look happy…

People who look contented…

People whose smiles make us smile in return…

They are happy, BECAUSE they are THANKFUL!!! These people look beyond the surface! And not take things for granted!

Take this picture as an example. What do you see???

Read this aloud:

Take time to smell the roses and be thankful for all the things around you! Sunrise

Sunset

Sunlight

Trees

The sea

Your friends

Your Family

We have to find value in things the seem unimportant!

Let me tell you a story! The Box of Kisses!

Once upon a time, there was a man who punished his 3-year-old daughter for wasting a roll of gold wrapping paper. Money was tight and the man became angry when his daughter tried to decorate a box to put under the Christmas tree.Then, the little girl brought the gift to her father the next morning and said, "This is for you, Daddy." The father felt bad by his earlier earlier anger, but he got angry again when he opened the box and the box was empty. He shouted at her, "Don't you know that when you give someone a present, you should put something in it?"

The little girl looked up at him with tears in her eyes and said, "Oh, Daddy, it's not empty, I blew kisses into the box. All for you, Daddy." The father was moved. He put his arms around his little girl, and said, “Thank you! I am sorry for being angry at you!”. An accident took the life of the child only a short time later and the man kept that gold box by his bed for many years and whenever he was discouraged, he would take out an imaginary kiss and remember the love of the child who had put it there. Thankful for that one Christmas morning when he felt his child’s love.

Being thankful means acting thankful! You should show your thankfulness by doing the same kindness that has been done to you…

By helping

By smiling

By showing love

Life can be full of ups and downs,sometimes we might feel that thereare more downs than ups…. But remember…. As long as we value the things around us…. As long as we love…as long as we find time to be THANKFUL for everything…. Then we can say…. “It’s not so bad!” and when that happens, then Everyday can be the BEST DAY OF OUR LIFE!

Every day there is someone remind you of something, it means you have friends, so we should be grateful.

I am fatter and fatter, that means my life is better and better, so I should be grateful 。

There is shadow work/study with me ， that means I am working/studying under the bright sunshine, 。 There is shadow work/study with me ， that means I am working/studying under the bright sunshine, so I should be grateful 。

so I should be grateful There is a lawn to be cun, windows to be cleaned,that means I have a home,

We can hear lots of complaint to everything around the world ， we should be grateful, because that means we are free to talk.

Be Grateful……

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