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Always note that our value as human beings does not increase when the people around us make mistakes. Other peoples' failure does not, in any way, improve where we stand in life.

Attitude of Gratitude

Thank you, Lord for a lot of things. Thank you for everything.

Thank you for my family. For how they are and for how we are towards each other. For the love they show me and for accepting me for who and what I am. Thank you that Mom and Dad are always there to help me in any way that they can. Thank you that my brother, my sister, my in-laws and my cousins are such that I could easily talk to them. Thank you that even if we have our differences, we can set those aside to serve and love each other.

Thank you for the companionship that Kd and I have. Thank you for the security that we enjoy in each other. Thank you for the friendship that we have. Thank you for our differences; that through these, we are able to learn and grow for each other's sake. Thank you for the love and the openness that we share.

Thank you for the gift of friendship that I enjoy with the friends that I am blessed with. Friends since I was a kid, in grade school, high school, in college and even afterward, at work. Friends that I can enjoy a good laugh with, a good conversation or anything else.

Thank you that I have a job that I enjoy doing. A job where I can meet people and find out more about the world outside mine through their stories. Thank you Lord for giving me a job that can fund the things that I want to do. Thank you for putting me in a position where what I earn is based on the effort I put into my work.

Thank you for the opportunity to live the life that I am living now. For this chance to be who and what I am. Thank you that I can write this now. Thank you that I am here.

Thank you Lord for the gift of life.