Week 8

We have many things in life that we take many of them for granted.  We sometime forget that the things that we have others would risk their lives to get. We are all guilty of taking stuff for granted. I am no different. I take for granted having a nice car. I bought the car used and i am making monthly payments and when i first got it i loved it. I still love my car, but as time has passed i find myself wanting a better car. I fail to recognized that i have a better car than mot kids my age. I take for granted my cell phone. I work with cellphones and i constantly activate new lines for people. Whenever I  activate a new line or do an upgrade i become jealous. I take for granted my phone. But I forget that i still have a nice phone and that many people around the world would love to have the phone that I have. I get angry when i have no hot water left in the shower,but many people don't even have a clean source of drinking water.

Although i take for granted many things i find myself to be grateful of other things. Im grateful to be alive and healthy. I am glad to have a job i am glad to go to school. I am grateful for my baby brother for my home I am also grateful for meeting new people at school. I am grateful for those people who encourage me to improve my self. Life has many frustrations but that has not stopped me form being grateful to be alive, in one of the greatest countries on earth.

I could breathe the crisp autumn air. I  can stop think and taste my black coffee better,instead of gulping my coffee in 30 seconds.  I can enjoy the sound of the raindrops flicking on the asphalt I can be more mindful and enjoy life more. I can listen to my favorite music and really focus on the sounds and feelings the songs transfer to me. I can stop and enjoy the energy of my friends I can enjoy the way they treat me as if i was their cousin of brother. Stopping and enjoying life as it is makes me feel better. I feel like i am home i feel safe and secure, and i know everything will be alright.

Crisp autumm breeze
will drift us to the apex
like mountain lions we climb