Thankfullness

Let me begin by asking you this question.

Are you someone who can easily thankful for everything you have, or completely the opposite, you have difficulties to find any reasons to be grateful?

Well, such question cannot be answered easily because it really depends on the situation. When everything is in favour with what you want, then you can easily answer that I can find many reasons to be thankful. But when everything is against your will, then you will say that you have so many reasons to complain and be upset with the situation. I have to admit that it's really hard to become such a person who can be thankful despite of his/her situation.

Yesterday, while at work, one of the ladies were complaining, I then wondered was she thankfull for anything?. I then remembered something one of my teachers said. "During our difficult situation, we should never use our "complaint" glasses. Instead, we should only use our "thankfulness" glasses with which we can always see the bright side of everything." She also reminded me that God knows the best for us. Therefore, sometimes His answers are not the same with what we want. Just like Garth Brooks' song 'Unanswered Prayers'.

The problem with having nothing but happy moments in life is that we forget to say thanks. We think that all of our achievements is only because our hard work and strength. We forget that God has given a great amount of contribution in our life so that without Him, we would have not achieved anything. By experiencing difficult times in life, then we learn to appreciate everything we have in life. It also makes us realize that we really need God and we should depend more on Him.