my randOm thOughts

Let's face it, most people are not satisfied with their lives. Most of us want to achieve more and more. We want to have the latest gadgets and buy new clothes every time we go to malls. Some of us are narrow-minded at times. We don't consider how lucky we are and we tend to overlook the blessings that God is giving us. We don't see the good things, we only tend to look at the imperfections or the incompleteness we are experiencing. Sometimes we complain if we don't get the things we want, but wouldn't it be better to think that even though we don't have everything at least we don't have nothing.

Be thankful with what you have and be satisfied. Contentment can't be acquired overnight. You need to practice it. You must try to be happy and contented even with simple things. Try to be positive. If you have a problem and you feel like the world is on your shoulders, why not think about people who have problems bigger than yours.

There are people who go to their beds at night with an empty stomach. There are a lot of people who don't have homes and just sleep on sidewalks yet are somewhat contented with their lives. You put a smile on their face even with a small amount of money you give them or even by giving them the food you are holding.

Try to make a simple list of the blessings or good things you experience everyday, like a good result from an examination, a good feedback for a project, a smile from your crush, a delicious meal with your family and a lot more. By making this list, you are able to record how lucky you are.

If everyone could just realize how fortunate they are in several ways, they are on their ways to achieving satisfying and happy lives.

Even for once in our lives, we dream of achieving fame, wealth, luck and more. But there are times when we get disappointed when things seem to go the way we don’t want it to or when we don’t get what we desire. We think that there’s a conspiracy against our dream. There are times when we feel that we are left behind and life is being unfair.

There are moments in your life wherein you see other people enjoying an opportunity you also really wanted to have, but sadly you can’t. We feel jealous and resentful although we know that we shouldn’t be.

It is a fact that we can’t have everything in life. There instances that you really want something badly and yet you can never have it no matter what you do. It hurts sometimes, but you have to accept it.

Everything indeed happens for a reason and there’s a perfect timing for everything. If you can’t have it now maybe it will be given to you tomorrow, next week, next year or even in your next lifetime. Or maybe, it’s not really meant for you.

Just think that God has better plans for you and He will never let you down. There might be bigger opportunities waiting ahead of you that are about to unfold that could be something better than what you originally wanted.

You can’t deposit all the money in the world in your bank account. You can never be friends with everyone you want to be friends with. You can’t get all the opportunities you wanted. You can’t have all the knowledge of the world. You really can’t have everything.

Just try to appreciate what you have and still work hard towards achieving your dream and do what you really want. You may not have everything but at least you don’t have nothing.