I Am Grateful For Small Things, Big Things And Everything

â€Å"Be grateful for small things, big things, and everything in between. Count your blessings, not your problems. - Mandy Hale I believe there are many traits in life that make you a good person and lead you to live a happy life, but being grateful is one of the best traits you could obtain. Being grateful is one thing I feel many people in our society forget to do. One day I learned to always appreciate what I have instead of what I don’t. â€Å"So what did the doctor say?† I remember asking this question so simply thinking my father had just gone to a simple check up. It was late in the afternoon on what seemed like any other normal day. My parents had just gotten home from my father’s doctor appointment when they picked me and my sister up to take her to softball practice. â€Å"We’ll talk about when we get home† my mother said very softly. 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