#13 Gratitude

I think this chapter really shows how much we take things for granted. I am so happy to be travelling to Kenya this summer because I think it will help me realize how much I take my life for granted without even realizing it. My favorite part of this chapters was Laurie's story. If we had more people in the world that opened up there homes to the less fortunate without judging them then the world would be such a great place!

1. Ten things I am grateful for:

-music

-family

-friends

-phone

-tv

-food

-water (shower, drink)

-transportation (airplanes, cars, bikes)

-school

-clothes

I'm not too surprised with what I thought of, my friends and family are always there for me no matter what, I love them so much! Music and clothes for me describe who I am, couldn't live without some beats. I love travelling and my dad lives in Winnipeg so I need airplanes. Food, water, school are things I have to have. It's sad because not everyone in the world has that. My phone is how I communicate with people, couldn't live without it and tv is nice if you want to relax, same with music. 

2. I am grateful for my mom, grandma, aunt helen and uncle john, cousin emily, my dad, doctors, everyone I work with especially at the farm (love them to pieces, second family!) I am grateful for all my friends! I'm grateful for my leadership class who I'm going to miss a lot when this semester comes to an end and all my teachers.

3.The gifts I'm thankful for are my apartment, bed, heat, water, food, safety, love, education, travelling, the savings for university, ipod, laptop, tiffany earrings, leather jacket, ray bans, watch and a lot of other things too.

I feel like this chapter was good to read after everything with challenge day because that day really changed us, independently and as a class and school. Craig talks about 9/11 and how everyone had feelings of love and gratitude as well as sadness and anger. He says how people of every size, shape and colour were there to help each other out. Since challenge day, our class has come together so much. The day we spent with Miss. Painter it didn't matter what clique we came from, where we lived, what our background was. We accepted each other for who we are and comforted one another. I bonded with people who I haven't talked to much in the class, I talked to people who I used to be best friends with and some how I feel like everything was back to how it used to be. That day changed us more and made us more comfortable with each other than any of our energizers ever could have.