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Sunday’s Food for Thought – Learning to appreciate

18 November 2007No Comment

>> When one receives something without working to achieve or accomplish it, there’s a tendency to take what was given for granted (read: less appreciation for it).

>> We all love and nurture our children. But when we make our children’s life materially and financially comfortable at all times, always giving to them whatever things that they ask for (sometimes, even when they’re all grown-up already), then we’re actualy letting them grow up not knowing:

– that it’s actually okay if they do NOT always get what they want
– that time, process and hard work are normally involved before something is achieved

>> Many things in life are gifts, given to us for ‘free’. And yes, we need to be grateful always. Appreciating the givers and the gifts.

But the thing is, in life many things do not happen ‘instantly’. There’s a process involved. And that means it involves time and hard work too.

Like how a mom carries a baby in her womb for nine months, often going through tough first-trimester morning sickness phase, before going through labour pain to deliver the baby.

Or how a husband and a wife need to work hard together in educating their children and in building a ‘better’ relationship with each other that’s based on trust, understanding and love.

When we go through a process and work hard towards something, interestingly, we get to enjoy the fruits of our labour more.

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