What Are You Grateful For?

I was finishing my last two hours at work when I suddenly saw a photo from Pixabay, and it says, "What are you grateful for?" Then I suddenly got the idea of what to write for today's article.

Grateful

According to English Cambridge Dictionary, it means showing or expressing thanks.

So what are you grateful for?

As a simple person whose happiness doesn't even cost a thing, here are some of the things that I am super grateful for in life:

The gift of life

First off, the gift of life. It is no surprise that it is my first reason to be grateful in life. As you all know, not everyone is given the chance to live another day so just being alive and healthy today is already a blessing for me.

My family

Of course, life without them is no life at all. I know I don't have a perfect family but as long as each one of them is doing perfectly fine, then I'm already fine with that. Actually, it's more than enough.

My furbabies

Yes, they are on my third list. Actually, they are part of my second list. That's how important they are to me. They aren't just four-legged creatures, they are my furbabies, my firstborns, my own, and my pack.

Ever since I got Kiah and the rest, I have never felt so blessed before. They are the kind of blessings that even without doing anything, just by looking at them makes me feel so inspired inside.

My friends

Yes, this will always be one of the many reasons why I'm grateful in life. I have quite a lot of them now, and whether they are friends from the real world or virtual world, they are all precious to me.

I wouldn't be who I am now if it weren't because of them. I wouldn't experience a virtual fam if it weren't because of my Kiki friends. I wouldn't be able to learn the basic HODL strategy and more if it weren't because for my club fam. In short, all of them are friends, a fam from two different worlds.

Nature

Yes, I'm a big fan of nature. I love seeing trees, plants, sky, clouds, birds, the sea, mountains, and more. However, since I can't do much in life, cloud-gazing is one of the few things I can do effortlessly, which makes it one of my top favorites among the others.

Nature, particularly cloud-gazing, gives me that relaxing feeling that I need. But then, there are times that it also makes me sad, especially when I see birds who have to endure so much heat just to get from one tree to another.

In my place where I'm at, we don't have many big trees here, so it's a saddening scene for me. Our neighborhood once had such before but everything changed after the typhoon Haiyan or Yolanda in 2013. This means fewer big trees means fewer homes for the birds.

Food

Food is life, remember? I am grateful because we used to be that family who rarely gets to enjoy yummy food before. Now, even without occasion, we can finally afford to buy cake, ice cream, spaghetti, or anything we want to eat.

Work

To be honest, in this household, I'm the only one who has a job. My mom relies on the pension she got from my dad while my sister relies on her hubby, who's working in Saudi.

I don't earn much, but I still managed to save a little and invest my earnings in my little mansion. It's just a tiny house, actually, but I call it a mansion because why not!

Shelter

I feel so blessed that we have a decent place to live in now. Back in the early days, we lived in a small house that whenever it rained, my mom would wake us up to love to an area where there was no leak.

It was a small house that whenever there was heavy rain, flood followed, and my mom would relocate us to our neighborhood so we would be safe. Now, all thanks to my dad, he was able to buy a flood-free lot and managed to save more money for the house we currently live now.

This is the house my dad had invested in when he was still alive and for me, it is one of the best things we own because it was from my dad. And soon, I will have my own place to call my own.

Free Wi-Fi

All thanks to my sister-in-law's friend, we are enjoying the free Wi-Fi service since February 2020. Plus, the connection is pretty fast compared to our previous internet provider that took me forever to reload a simple page.

Source of Bitcoin cash

How can I forgot BCH! Because of its existence, we have platforms like read and noise that give us so many blessings that we never even expected to receive when we first came in here. Because of BCH, I am inspired to write and save more. And because of BCH, many of us will have a chance to have a better and brighter future.

Life experiences

Experiences have contributed so much to help me who I am now. I am grateful because, despite the hardships I've had, there are and will always have more reasons to celebrate life. This gives me so much proof that if you just hold on a little more, happiness can still be achievable.

I'd also like to give credits to those who have hurt me, either it was intentionally or not. All the pains that they brought into my life made me stronger emotionally. I have forgiven them already, and I realized that some things are supposed to happen because they are meant to happen.

I have always told myself, "God knows better. His reasons might be too hard to understand but know that whatever it is, it is meant for a greater cause."

Almighty God

Of course, I can't just end the article without mentioning Him. God has been my source of strength since my early days on this planet. Because of Him, I managed to survive even the worst and darkest days of my life.

He was also the only one who knew what I was going through. I almost gave up several times, but He held me still to keep me from doing anything that I would regret for eternity. Thank you, God, for not letting me go.

He knew my sins. He is aware of everything yet He is always there ready to save me, mend me whenever I was broken, protect me from those who had bad intentions, and so much more. So thank you, God, for being my guiding star.

Closing thoughts

Sometimes, we are clouded with doubts, anger, pain, and so much more, which prevent us from seeing the bright side of life. But if you just take a moment, you'll realize that there's a lot to hold onto and things to be grateful for in life. You'll just have to clear up your mind once in a while.