With A Heart Of Gratitude Summary

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The first two actions of gratitude I chose are to “Consider how much an animal makes you happy” and “read a story then write a poem about gratitude”. No joy can compare to the happiness I feel in the presence of my dog. A dog can offer companionship. Zoey does the same, and so much more. For a dog as wholesome as Zoey I am grateful. I read the short story With a Heart of Gratitude. It tells the story of a blind boy begging for money with a sign that said “I am blind” but each day he never received much money in his hat. When one day a stranger rewrote on his sign “It is a beautiful day and I cannot see it” and his hat started to fill up. This story showed me how we as people should be grateful for the things that we don’t have. When the boy

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