Everyday people who are financially
stable and fortunate don’t think about the small things that are important.
Food, shelter, and health. People fail to look and see that there are other
people in the world who are less fortunate.
In an article in the book, Share or Die:
Voices of the Get Lost Generation In the Age of Crisis, I read about a girl
named Melissa Welter who was diagnosed with celiac disease and she was in a
unstable financial predicament. Her challenge really flustered her mentally and
she was not able to find a job and the certain food she had to eat was scarce.
Through all of her troubles, she maintained to find happiness through planting
her own vegetables and making her garden. She also found a job as a tutor.
Her overcoming her challenge really
inspired me in a great way. I took it in a way that I could apply to my own
life. I sat down and thought about how possible it was for her to overcome her
sadness even through poverty and turn it into happiness. I decided that through
all the stuff going on in my life, I should be able to pull through and turn
sadness into happiness. My life as of now consists of school and little to no
money. Even though I have little, I manage to find happiness within completing
stuff on time, getting good grades, and being surrounded by good people.
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So after reading
this, I think its safe to say that we all as able bodied people, need to pay
attention to our life more and be more fortunate of the things we have. We are
all on this Earth once, so we need to be grateful.
I definitely agree! We often take for granted that we are fortunate for being provided the things we have! People should show consideration for the fact that others are less fortunate and we should be more open minded to that!
ReplyDeleteI fully agree that people take advantage of the things they should be greatful for. As capable people we should use that to the fullest.
ReplyDeleteDarius that is true most people think money is everything. Truth be told money is a big factor but if you have no happiness or no one to share it with its useless.
ReplyDeleteI completely agree with that people take advantage of many things they have and that we should be grateful and love the things and people we have in our life.
ReplyDeleteI think that Hurricane Sandy really put things in perspective for many, including myself. No matter what difficulties we're going through, there are others who have it harder. For instance, the people impacted by Sandy lost a lot of things, many lost everything. We should be thankful for what we have rather than focusing on what we don't have. I do wish that you had given the title of the essay you mentioned in your post; I'd like to read that one for myself. Also, it would have been helpful if you had explained what celiac disease it so we could better understand the author's struggle.
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