Goooood day readers! How are you? Let's be grateful for all the small things we have in life!

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Heyho dear readers, this time I've been tagged by my friend @riverflows for this challenge where we need to talk about 7 things that we are grateful for, one per day of the week - I don't know if my timezone is on par with the challenge, but for me it's still monday, ok? haha

At first I thought this would be kinda boring for those who will read it; I don't think I'm good on expressing my emotions to those whom I love, be it family or the awesome friends/supporters I have on Steemit/real life. I feel like I have my own quiet way of showing gratefulness and any big manifestation makes me shy - I tend to stick to a thank you and a hug. This is me, I can't help.

However, I do think this post is a great way to spread examples of gratitude and positivism. Once you start being positive on every small things in your life, you'll see that getting better, you'll see your motivation increasing. That's my tiny little secret for happiness which I've been cultivating for some years now, both while traveling and while at home.

So for what am I grateful today?

^{Pics of me and my parents}

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I can't start my first day without being grateful for my parents - The biggest supporters I'll ever have.

Basically, if it wasn't by them I would not be here today, sitting on my bed just before going to sleep, writing this text. Gosh, I wouldn't even be on Steemit, nor reading all the incredible articles you guys write.

When 20 years ago they forced me to study English, I could barely know that one day it would open so many doors and possibilities, it would shape who I am now - thanks to my parents.

I first went to an English school when I was 12 or so, but being an imature young boy I was more busy annoying in class than studying. However, they insisted and with a lot of hard work they paid my first English school for one year. Soon after that, we moved to a new city, that meant a new english school, 2 more years of penitence for me. I didn't want to go there, I'd rather play video games or play outside.

My parents lived a tough and simple life and their education was mainly possible because my grandparents worked really hard for that. Both my parents graduated on their respective areas without knowing other languages, thus their biggest desire was to have their kids speaking at least English.

Seeing that the efforts weren't being paid off they decided to make a deal.

     - You'll stay off the English school for one year to cool down. You have one year to decide your future. - They said.

One year after, I entered my third and last school, where I studied for 6 years and where my brother and I teach our own classes now.

This was the start of a gigantic list of things they provided, I won't go through all my history here as it would be boring and particularly long.

Thank you mom and dad for everything!

If I'm getting closer to my objective, of travelling and exploring the world, it's all thanks to them. If I'm here on Steemit, it's my parents fault, as they made me learn a new language.

They gave me education, they gave me this computer I'm using to write, they gave me a roof to live below. I wouldn't be able to save money for adventures, if it weren't by them helping me on the bills. Not to mention their support when I decided to leave engineering life to pursue my own goals in life.

I have a lot of really incredible friends, but...

My parents are always the ones who call desperately every single day to ask if I'm ok when I'm out on adventure. And they are always the ones we call when something goes wrong.

I'll keep it short because, as I said, I'm not good on expressing emotions - I have my quiet way to do that. Moreover, I'd enter too deep into really particular subjects that I don't think fit with the objective of my blogs. You get the idea.

All I wanted was to inspire you into re-evaluating the importance of your family - doesn't matter who they are. Have you called them today?

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I was tagged by @riverflows to:

Write a post about something you have to be positive about today - this could be anything from being thankful for your current situation, someone being nice to you, being thankful for your friends and family, or even being thankful for the opportunity you have been given here on Steemit - just keep it positive :)

• Do this for 7 days in a row if you get nominated.
• Mention three people who should do this on each day.
• Tag it with #7daypositivitychallenge and include these rules at the bottom of your post Include a picture of something positive (related to your story if possible.)
• Tip: You need to put the # in front of 7daypositivitychallenge or it will not let you use the tag.

I would like to tag my friends @guchtere @fjorenca @macchiata whom I believe would write some beautiful texts - please don't feel obligated, but you've been tagged!

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And you, what are you grateful for? Don't be sad if I haven't tagged you, we still have 6 more days to go.

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~Love ya all,

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Disclaimer:  The author of this post is a convict broken backpacker, who has travelled more than 10.000 km hitchhiking. Following him may cause severe problems of wanderlust and inquietud. You've been warned.

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I'm Arthur. I blog about Adventure Stories, Brazil, Travel, Camping & Life Experiences.

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