Maturity, Acceptance and Gratefulness; What it Means to Life

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Gratitude is being thankful and grateful of everything that you have and sometimes being grateful of the things that you even DON’T have. This is the common problem with people, people lack appreciation of the things that they have in hand, people always crave for more, wanting more and demanding too much failing to appreciate the one’s available right in front of us, just like a typical child who’s asking for a different kind of food when good one’s are already available on the table. Just like children wanting for big toys rather than the small one’s available which actually does better than what they are asking for. People are hungry for “more” for “better” for “bigger” because other people got it. I admit that being human; there are times that I feel the same. I will be a hypocrite if I say “I’m contented” because It’s human nature to feel envious sometimes. What’s bad about it is if envy starts to bother other people, if it becomes irritable and if the person becomes irrational. This gives a negative impact when an envious person is comparing too much of things face to face and if clearly reflects greed.

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How are we supposed to face this kind of human behavior? How should we deal with it if we notice a person showing signs of envy and greed? How should we deal with it if we feel it in ourselves? Whenever we are not contented, whenever we envy the things that we do not have at hand, when things seem to be NOT ENOUGH, when what we have is insufficient and not satisfying.

First, in my opinion, it all boils down to “maturity”. As an adult we should be able to think about what’s logical and practical to have. There are a lot of things around that we always want to get like latest gadgets and device, high end mobile phones and Macbook yet there’s really no such need for it and a simple mobile phone and laptop works for your basic technology needs, expensive bags for women who is not really working in a big business or corporation or not really attending elite socialization, a signature watch when a simple one can also tell the time. You can tell what it reflects if someone doesn’t really have enough to get them but are going after debts just to get these luxurious things just to show off. If a person knows how to weigh needs and wants and is able to come up with the best logical decision that maturity is taking place. Maturity isn’t all about age, it is about the way we look into things and make the best decisions out of the things we wanted to happen in our lives.

Second, there should be “acceptance”. It is understandable that there are people deprived of so many things in the past that makes them want everything this time in their lives when they are already earning. We have to accept that people’s situations are different from each other. If this is what makes them happy, then let it be so long as they are not bothering other people just to get what they wanted in life.

Third – COUNT YOUR BLESSINGS. Sit down and ponder upon what you have in life. Life is not all about material things and life should not revolve around it, life is about living it with meaning, worthwhile and spreading love and happiness to others. Who knows, you already have enough if you just understand what ENOUGH really means. Stop looking at the monetary and material aspect of life. Look at the people around you where you are gaining love respect and affection, you already have enough that others might not have.

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Let us all be grateful because life is never about material things. Life is about maturity, acceptance and counting our blessings. Try to pray, let us talk to God sincerely and thank God one by one of the blessings that we already have, realization will strike in that we already have so much that money can never buy, we already have too much that we just can’t contain it anymore, that we already have so much to the point that you will pray to God about other people.

When we are that point, we are already carrying the act of gratefulness. Simplicity is the key and a sincere talk to God, to reflect and realize that the world evolves in money and fame but the real happiness comes from ourselves and how we see things.

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