Respect What You Have

                                 "We're very blessed,just very fortunate to have the things we have." 

Every person has a long list of things that they wish for-be it materialistic or not.There are people who wish for a better car,a bigger house,a faster phone,a prettier face,etc while some may wish for lesser physical pain,better health,a better atmosphere for their children and things like that.People like me,i.e students may wish for better marks or better memory.Everyone at some point of their life wishes for something or the other.No one is ever satisfied with what they have, no matter how hard they try.We're humans after all.

However,we need to understand the importance of what we have.You are fortunate when you wake up every morning,blessed with a bright new day with new opportunities.You are fortunate when you walk down a flight of stairs without falling and hurting yourself.There are so many little things that we ignore,so many things that may make a big difference to someone else.

What may be normal for us,may be what someone is wishing for desperately.Maybe what you have today is something you really wanted some time ago.While you wish to get the phone with the latest features,there might have been a point in your life where you may have wished for just a phone.Which you now have.

There are people who go through a lot of physical pain everyday.There might be a person who may have just fractured their limb and all they wish for all day is that their pain would get reduced and that their limb gets healed immediately.What they forget is that they are fortunate to have their limb intact and there will come a time when their limb gets healed and goes back to normal again.There are people in the world that permanently damage their limbs or lose them or are born without them.

There may be a person living in a cramped room with six other people and all they think of is how unfortunate they are to not even have a decent amount of space for themselves.What they forget is that there a millions of people out on the streets,exposed to the harsh punishments of nature and how fortunate they are to just have a roof above their head.

Shy people often look at the popular people and wish that even they had a lot of friends,what they forget is that making friends is something that is in your hands,something you can control.There are people who have been shunned by society and have to live a life of complete solitude.What we think of as our "bad luck" may often be something that we can change if we wish to.

Life may be hard and unfair at times,and it might emotionally bring you to such a low point that you might ask- "Why is this happening to me?" "Why am I so unlucky?"

 "Why can't it just be as easy for me as it is for them?"

The definition of "lucky" is very subjective.It is also relative.People compare themselves to others and decide that the other person is luckier than them because they have this or they don't have that.

What they tend to overlook in their self pity is that everyone has a different story.Everyone has different experiences and everyone has had some hardship or the other.Even though the hardships experienced by some may be relatively lesser,for the person,it might be the toughest moment in their lives.What may be a trivial thing for someone may not necessarily be trivial for the other.

We tend to underestimate ourselves and over estimate our difficulties and what we forget is that we're one of a kind.Our purpose in life is different and no matter how minuscule we may feel,we make a huge difference to this world with just our presence.There will always be someone who may be better than us,but we must not forget that we are fortunate to be where we are today,because there are much worse places we could be.

So all I ask you people is to love who you are and what you have,Yes,you may wish for better things,but never forget how lucky you are to have what you have.So wake up every day with a smile on your face and no misery in your heart and strive to achieve what you wish for with all your might.