I am fine.
No, that was an understatement. Actually I am feeling phenomenal good.
Every day I can decide on how to spend my time, completely free without
restrictions. The water I’m drinking is extraordinary clean and even more important free of germs, bacteria and pathogens. Also, don’t have to
worry where to get my food for the next day. My civil rights are being
protected by a state that allows me to express my opinion (freedom of
speech) without having to fear prosecution.
"Are you aware of the beauty of your live?"
Have you noticed something at this point? I, you and all the other people that read these lines have a hundred times easier, safer and better life than millions of other people from third world countries will ever be able to experience.
But are we
aware of these facts? Not really, instead of being grateful most of us
don’t even realize how amazing our lives are. People lose the
appreciation of their beautiful lives while concentrating on problems
and being pessimistic about their current “terrible situation”. We
consider thousands of things in our lives for granted, because it’s
totally normal for us, like being able to have a shower, or to have food
on our tables, day after day. Each of us takes a shower once or twice a
day, but for an African that is living with his tribe in the desert
such a waste of water for hygienic purposes would be absolutely fatal.
Furthermore, the vast majority of us does not have to worry on whether
they are going to have something to eat for the next day, as our main
trouble is on what to eat the next day – something that might be a pure
luxury for someone living in an area where there is limited resources of
food.
Have you
ever noticed the fact that slum dwellers in third world countries are
often even happier as thousands of residents in our civilization, even
though to the fact that they lack so many things from food to – pure
luxury articles like a TV – that we consider to be ordinary? Could it
be that these people appreciate their lives a lot more, due to the fact
of not being able to know whether they are able to enjoy the next day?
Perhaps they don’t even focus on material things or tangibles like money, instead they enjoy the time with their family and esteem social values like deep friendships by far more than we do?
Dear
friend, please think a bit about your own life! Instead of constantly
dealing with the negative aspects in our lives, we should make ourselves
conscious that we have a great chance given and that we can take every step
necessary to make our lives even more beautiful. If we risk an even
closer look onto our lives we might even notice that it is already
really amazing. It just depends on our mindsets and our point of view.
Don’t waste your time trying to find evidences why especially your life
is so hard, instead appreciate things in life you already achieved and
even more important: esteem these things that are not taken for granted
for residents of poorer countries.
