The Top 8 Things to Be Grateful for Each and Every Day
佚名 / Anonymous
This list seems very basic. Yet not everyone in this country or in the world has， or will be able to be grateful for， all of these things. This list is one which， hopefully， everyone reading it can say applies to them. Perhaps if we are thankful for these basic things daily， it will help ourselves and others gain more abundance， or at least we will appreciate our own more.
1. Waking up Alive.
George Burns once said a great day for him was waking up and not seeing candles， a church， and his friends all dressed in black. He was blessed financially and healthwise. Many， in this country and in other countries， are lucky to make it to age 10， let alone 100.
2. Decent Air to Breathe.
While everyone has this， in some places in the world， the air is so polluted and foul smelling， the people die of respiratory ailments just from breathing.
3. A New Day to Learn and to Earn a Livelihood.
Most of us live in areas with very low unemployment rates. If we choose and need to work and have a job， we can earn money daily or weekly somehow. Others are in school or educational environments. They can learn or increase what they already know.
Many people have no jobs and will never have a chance to learn a basic education.
4. A Home in Which to Eat， Sleep， Live， and Relax.
We are blessed if we are not one of the millions of people whose home consists of a car， an abandoned house or building， cardboard or tin constructed “shelters”， or the bare earth or grass. Think about pictures you may have seen of the homeless when you complain about your home or apartment being too cold or warm， or the utility bill being too high.
5. Ample Clean Food to Eat & the Option to Buy As Much As We Need.
Most of us never have experienced waiting in line 2~6 hours to buy a loaf of bread， some flour， eggs， etc. We don’t know what it is like to wait for a truck to pull up and hand out boxes or containers of rice or Red Cross rations. We’ve never dug in dumpsters behind a grocery store or restaurant to get the food that was thrown out to have for our daily meal. Food is expensive for many.