As she turned her gaze sideways, she noticed her young daughter scribbling furiously into her notebook. "My teacher asked us to write a paragraph on negative thanksgiving for homework today", said the daughter.
"She asked us to write down the things that makes us feel not so good in the beginning but turn out to be good after all".
With curiosity, the mother peeked into the book. This is what her daughter wrote :
"I'm thankful for Final Exams because that means school is almost over.
I'm thankful for bad-tasting medicine because it helps me feel better.
I'm thankful for waking up to alarm clocks because it means I'm still alive".
It then dawned on the mother that she had a lot of things to be thankful for!
She thought again...
This is what she wrote in her mind.
* She had to pay taxes but that meant she was fortunate to be employed.
* She had housework to do but that meant she had her own home to live in.
* She had to cook for her family for Thanksgiving but that meant she had a family with whom she could celebrate.
Moral.
We generally complain about the negative things in life but we fail to look at the positive side of it. What is the positive in your negatives?
Look at the better part of your life today and make every day ahead a great day!
Tailpiece.
Got up at a 20' to 6, the chores and was ready by a quarter to 10.
The maid was at work.
After lunch, Lekha took Aswathy to the ophthalmologist nearby to get her eyes tested and prescribe glasses. She took up an appointment with Rani Menon, for Thursday afternoon, to have the 'field trials' done on her eyes. She'd also placed an order for another pair of spectacles for me since I'd misplaced the earlier one during the last trip.
Subsequently, she'd made a quick visit to Harisree Department Store for sundries.
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