“We tend to forget that happiness doesn't come as a result of getting something we don't have, but rather of recognizing and appreciating what we do have.” Frederick Keonig
The more the time passes the more teens, even adults stop appreciating what they have, just like Mathilde from the short story “The Necklace” by Guy de Maupassant. Sometimes your family doesn’t have enough money to be buying $100 dresses or other luxurious stuff, and they get upset because they wish they could be like all those famous people on TV or even like some of their friends. The Necklace teaches us that we must not think further than our limits, because even if you try you might end up doing something you shouldn’t, we must be pleased with what we have, at the end everything will probably end up being better.
I have a friend who loved rings but never actually had expensive ones, because she couldn’t afford one. She ended up selling 2 $500 porcelain dolls. Her mom worked hard to get them and she knew it. When she told her mom that she bought the ring, she got really mad, and disappointed. A week later we all decided to go on a trip to six flags, we got on many rides, and ate a lot of food. Then you hear “My ring!!” “What about it?” “It’s gone!!” We really couldn’t look anywhere because we went on so many rides that ring could of landed anywhere. After that she would tell us to never buy things you can’t take care of because you lose it just like her ring.
“Appreciate what you have, because in a blink of an eye it could all be gone.” Unknown
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