Once President Roosevelt's house was broken into and lots of things were stolen. Hearing this, one of Roosevelt's friends 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'm 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, most luckily for me, it was the man rather than me who became a thief…"
It was quite unlucky for anyone to be stolen from. However, President Roosevelt had such three reasons to be so grateful. This story tells us how we can learn to be grateful in our life.
Being grateful is an
We should learn how to face failure or misfortune bravely and generously and to try to deal with it. If so, should we complain
If you always complain
I think we should even be grateful to life whenever we are unsuccessful or unlucky. Only by doing this can we find our weakness and shortcomings when we fail. We can also get relief and warmth when we are unlucky. This can help us find our courage to overcome the difficulties we may face, and receive great impetus to move on. We should treat our frustration and misfortune in our life 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 forever, keep having perfect characters and enterprising spirit. Being grateful is not only a kind of comfort, not an escape from life and nor thinking of winning in spirit like Ah Q. Being grateful is a way to sing for our life which comes just from our love and hope.
When we put a small piece of alum into muddy water, we can see the alum can soon make the water clear. If each of us has an attitude of being grateful, we'll be able to get rid of impulse, upset, dissatisfaction and misfortune. Being grateful can bring us a better and more beautiful life.
相关单词：secondly
secondly解释：adv.第二，其次
secondly例句：
Secondly,use your own head and present your point of view.第二，动脑筋提出自己的见解。
Secondly it is necessary to define the applied load.其次，需要确定所作用的载荷。
相关单词：misfortune
misfortune解释：n.不幸，厄运，逆境，不幸事故，灾难
misfortune例句：
It is said to be an omen of misfortune.那被认为是一种不幸的先兆。
She had the misfortune to break her leg.她不幸摔断了腿。
相关单词：frustrated
frustrated解释：adj.挫败的，失意的，泄气的v.使不成功( frustrate的过去式和过去分词 )；挫败；使受挫折；令人沮丧
frustrated例句：
It's very easy to get frustrated in this job. 这个工作很容易令人懊恼。
The bad weather frustrated all our hopes of going out. 恶劣的天气破坏了我们出行的愿望。 来自《简明英汉词典》
相关单词：impetus
impetus解释：n.推动，促进，刺激；推动力
impetus例句：
This is the primary impetus behind the economic recovery.这是促使经济复苏的主要动力。
Her speech gave an impetus to my ideas.她的讲话激发了我的思绪。
相关单词：frustration
frustration解释：n.挫折，失败，失效，落空
frustration例句：
He had to fight back tears of frustration.他不得不强忍住失意的泪水。
He beat his hands on the steering wheel in frustration.他沮丧地用手打了几下方向盘。
相关单词：impulse
impulse解释：n.（一时的）冲动，冲力，脉冲，神经冲动
impulse例句：
She wrote that letter on impulse.她一时冲动写了这封信。
I don't know how to resist my impulse.我不知道怎样抑制自己的感情冲动。
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