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Be grateful to life
By Wangyu Ping from Fenglingtou Middle School
Good morning, ladies and gentlemen! I’m Wangyu Ping from Fenglingtou Middle School. It’s my pleasure to share my speech with you here today .The topic of my speech is: Be grateful to life.
Let me ask you a few questions first . Have you ever complained about the raining day just because you forgot to bring your umbrella? Have you ever complained about your trivial job? Have you complained about the mean friend who betrayed you? Yes, we have so many complaints in our life. However, do you feel better after complaining, or is it even worse?
Then I ’d like to tell you a story. Once American president Roosevelt’s house was broken into and lots of things were stolen. Hearing this, one of hisfriends wrote to him and advised him not to take it to his heart so much. President Roosevelt wrote back immediately, saying:” Dear friend, thank you for your letter to comfort me. I am all right now. I think I should thank God. This is because of the following three reasons: firstly, the thief only stole things from me but did not hurt me at all; secondly, the thief has stolen some of my things instead of all my things; thirdly, the most luckily for me, it was the man rather than me who became a thief.”
It is certainly unlucky for anyone to be stolen from. However, President Roosevelt had three reasons to be grateful. The story tells us we should learn to be grateful instead of complaining to our life.
Being grateful is an important philosophy of life. It is impossible for anyone to be lucky all the time so long as he lives in the world. We should learn how to face failure bravely to try to deal with it. William Thackeray, a famous British writer, said, “Life is a mirror. When you smile in front of it, it will also smile and so will it when you cry to it.” If you are grateful to life, it will bring you sunshine. But If you always complain about everything, you may have nothing in the end.
I think we should be grateful to life whenever we are unlucky. Only by doing this can we find our shortcomings when we fail. We can also get relief when we are unlucky. This can help us find our courage to overcome the difficulties we may face and move on. We should treat our misfortune in the other way just as President Roosevelt did. We should be grateful all the time and keep having a healthy attitude to our life.
So, are you ready to be grateful? Let’s be grateful to the nature, for the fresh air you breathe, the clean water you drink, the beautiful plants around you. Be grateful to your parents, for they gave birth to you and love you uncondionally. Be grateful to your teachers, for they guided you with great patience. Be grateful to your friends, for they always lit you up when you were down.
When we put a piece of alum into muddy water,we can see the alum can soon make the water clear.Ladies and gentlemen, if each of us has an attitude of being grateful ,we will be able to get rid of implus ,upset and misfortune . Just believe being grateful can bring us a better and more beautiful life.
Thank you very much!
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