The Gratitude Theory

A few days ago, I was complaining because I wasn't able to buy the blue tote at the mall. And I was considering to buy a new cellphone, the latest model. For the last five or six years, I had eight different cellphones. For what reason? Simply because I want to have the latest model of cellphone. And I do so every year. Or sometimes, two times a year.

But I was enlightened by what I saw awhileago while heading to the mall. I saw a little girl about age six carrying, on her tiny waist, her little brother about one year of age. She was walking barefoot. Trying to find people who have the heart to give her a penny or so. Moving with sweat dripping from her little frame. She was moving, running, amidst the traffic, amidst the racing vehicles, amidst the people finding their way to get to work or to buy something "new" or plainly to have fun. And as for her, at a tender age, she's been carrying the weight of her little brother, carrying the weight of the "material" world.

I wonder what's she's thinking. I wonder if she worries about what will happen to her and her brother.

And then I wonder, why someone like me, even think about not having the thing I want. While in fact I already have more than what I need.

With that, I can definitely say that I am very blessed. Blessed enough to have good education. Blessed enough to eat three times a day (or more). Blessed enough to live life without worrying where would I get the money to buy my next meal.

Now I know how thankful I should be to Him, who has given me the gift of love and life.