Grateful I am grateful to wake up every morning and I am alive. I have been on the verge of death, so I am grateful to be alive to enjoy life's challenges and victory's. I am also grateful for the challenges in life that have made me who I am and because it pushed me in the direction to make myself a better person in life.I am grateful for the disappointment in my life that helped me grow in ways that makes me a better person. I am happy that I can walk. This was never supposed to happen after I was run over by a car twice. I am happy that I can walk with my children, and chase after my grandchildren. This is a simple thing in life, but I am glad I was given the chance to be here to …show more content…
Sometimes the little things in life can be amazing to enjoy. Things like my grandchildren doing well in a school, or when they just hug me out of the blue. This is a wonderful feeling to have. I am grateful for laughter in my life. This is one emotion that is amazing, because there is so much sadness and hurt and angry in the world, that when a person can just be happy and laugh even for one moment it makes the world feel so much better. My children are the one thing that I am so very grateful for. That and the chance to be here with them to enjoy what life has to offer us all. I am grateful for the time I have been given to be with them.. Time was given to me and has given me a second chance to learn and be there to see my children become amazing adults. I have been here to see my children grow and watch them graduate and have their ups and downs in life. My son I have watched him be an amazing man through the 11 years so far in the army, promotion after promotion he has risen in ranks. He is still moving forward, and I cannot begin to express the pride I have for him. My oldest daughter has made a amazing career for herself helping others with mental disabilities and cares for so many people. She has chosen this path in her life, and I am very proud of the choices she makes. My youngest daughter is learning
Laughing is resorted to in times where we need to laugh. It’s an escape from reality, its comfort, its fear. Laughing subdues any emotion that is too high strung in our system. It lets it vapor out in a melancholy form that helps us cope with problems that no one else can really understand and help us with. In One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest it allowed emotional tension escape from the patients and made nurse Ratched lose her ward.
This book is about so many things, it is hard to stay on one topic for any length of time. In order to focus on the laugh and laughing as a healing agent, I would like to look towards other influential writers and thinkers to tie together laughing and healing. First, let’s see what laughter is according to Meriam Webster: laughter- n. a cause of merriment. Using this simple definition, we can assume that laughter can come from any form of merriment or emotion like triumph, contempt, relief, and almost any other emotion there is. It is easy to picture in your head different underlying emotions in laughter; the sinister laughs of witches and ghosts, the insincere, fake laughs you hear after pointless, humorless attempts at jokes on the six o’clock news, to the silent laughs of mimes and clowns that fill the people around them with a happy feeling. These are all examples of what laughter is and how it is used. But why do we do it? What in nature created the laugh and made it so successful?
Laughter is a very complex process. We don’t ever think about it, but our bodies can use up to 80 muscles. Meanwhile, body structures and systems of the brain, such as the limbic system are hard at work also. Although it is a rather difficult method, whenever our body produces laughter, it helps us in more ways than just one. It can help us physically by releasing endorphins, lowering the chances of heart attacks, and even our immune system. It can help us both mentally and socially as well, building great relationships and by releasing stress. If the human race did not laugh, more and more people would die of things such as heart disease or even depression. Most people can agree, without laughter, our world would be a much darker place. It’d definitely be an unhealthy society.
Gratitude is one of the positive emotions shown from research and clinical trials to enhance the general well being of human beings. Gratitude is defined by Emmons (2004) as “a sense of thankfulness and joy in response to receiving a gift, whether the gift be a tangible benefit from a specific other or a moment of peaceful bliss evoked by natural beauty. Emmons and McCullough also see gratitude as an attitude, a habit, a personality trait and a way of handling difficult situations response (Emmons & Stern, 2013).
Forever will I be thankful for the love he gave me, and even more so for the family he left me with. Collectively, we have been and will be loved more than I personally could have ever asked for, by my grandfather and by each other.
I’m thankful for child labor reforms that were developed throughout history allowing me not to have to work in such harsh conditions. These reforms allow me to obtain an education to strive in society today.
...ough to let me take care of her. Being there for them makes me feel blessed. Therefore, people should not take the little things for granted, because we do not know what the future holds.
...e not so much, but I can honestly say that I’m glad that I could overcome all of the troubles I endured these past few years. I’m grateful that I had the help of so many people to actually stay strong in everything I have been through. My grandmother having dementia, losing a childhood home, connecting with an absent father and overcoming mental illness have all made in huge impact in my life.
I have overcome many challenges to get to where I am. Since the age of 20, I have been the sole surviving member of my immediate family. Despite these odds, I made giant strides throughout life; much of that attributed to the Army. I earned a degree, got married, and had three children in addition to my career. I have traveled all over the country and met many people from different walks of life.
The first and most important thing I am thankful for, is my family. Whenever I need advice from an experienced person in life, I can always look to my grandpas or grandmas. I’m also thankful for they love that my parents give to me, even now. Whenever my parents need ideas for a party, or
Being born here on Earth and having to live fifteen wonderful years ,I am so thankful for all of it. Half of the things in my life were not so good and I was not very grateful for it but other than that everything
I am so proud to be a Soldier in the U.S. Army but being a mother is my greatest achievement. So I would say that being a single mom in the military is probably the greatest achievement in my
I am blessed with kind hearted grandparents. When I have to get my mind off worries about school, I go to their house and am spoiled by their love and gratitude. Their happy and fun attitude also helps me when I’m sad and feeling down. Another person I am grateful for is my little brother. When my brother and I go out to play soccer or football at the park’s fields, I have realized that not
To begin with, I am thankful for having a family that I can depend on. My family is extremely important to me because they help me whenever I need assistance. Furthermore, having a family means being able to take less stress as one can rely upon their family to help them. Also, I can count on my family to build up my courage anytime I need encouragement. In addition, my parents celebrate all of my accomplishments. This allows me to try harder in order to make my parents proud. Also, my parents have sacrificed many times for my brother and I which is why I strive to do my best at all times. My family is my greatest strength and one of the reasons I try to do my best at everything I attempt to do.
I am grateful for my life in many ways and for many reason, I was born 5 weeks premature and one of twins. Though my twin did not survive long enough for me to know him it gave me a purpose to try new things. Whenever I am scared of a new experience such as snow-boarding I think about how lucky I am to be alive and well. This thought helps me to spread my wings and embrace the unknown. Even simple things make me feel thankful, such as running in the rain or taking a walk with my dog or just a lazy Sunday afternoon with myself makes me think how great it is to be alive and here. I have always delight in the small moments in life and to think that they could never exist for me is depressing. Furthermore, being able to share my thoughts and feeling with people I love is something that brings me great joy.