A young man lost his job. In a foreign land, he sent application letters everywhere, but they all fell into the sea. One day, he received a reply, which reprimanded him for posting the application letter at will without knowing the project operated by the company, and pointed out that the words in the application letter were not fluent, so as to make young people laugh. Although the young man was a little depressed, he felt that this was the first letter that others replied to him, which confirmed his existence, and the respondent did point out his shortcomings in the letter. To this end, he replied a thank-you letter, in which he apologized for his rudeness and thanked the other party for their reply and guidance. A few weeks later, the young man found a suitable job, and the company hired him and turned him down.
The same rose, someone said: "There are thorns under the flowers, what a nuisance!" " "Someone said," it's nice to have flowers on the thorns! "If you see a thorn, you will find fault, and if you stare at people who are insufficient, you will not be happy. And people who see flowers have a grateful heart. Although thorns prick his hand, those thorns have fragrant flowers, so he can feel happiness. Therefore, grateful people are happy.
American President Roosevelt was always grateful. It is said that many things were stolen from the house once. After hearing the news, a friend wrote to comfort him. Roosevelt wrote in his reply: "Dear friend, thank you for your letter to comfort me. I'm fine now, thank God: first, the thief stole my things and didn't hurt my life; Second, the thief only stole some of my things, not all of them; Third, the luckiest thing is that he is the thief, not me. " Stealing is absolutely unfortunate for anyone, but Roosevelt found three reasons to be grateful.
In this regard, Americans can be a model. Since Abraham 1863, President Lincoln has declared Thanksgiving a national holiday. During this period, for more than 200 years, the annual Thanksgiving activities spread from small places. This is a festival full of gratitude and love. In the past year, Americans gathered for special prayers to thank and celebrate God's kindness and grace. Not only that, it has become a social activity. There is a big basket in front of the supermarket, so that people can leave a food for the poor who don't have enough to eat. Government agencies, schools and churches have prepared a lot of food, opened their doors and distributed it to some homeless people. What's more, children who are usually carefree knock on their neighbors' doors and collect food on this day. It also cultivated the consciousness of helping the poor from an early age and gave them the opportunity to do good for themselves and all Americans.