Gratitude

The proper definition of gratitude is being or having the quality or thankfulness. I completely agree with the definition. Gratitude isn’t something everyone has, sadly. It’s like kindness and appreciation put together to show the expression of gratitude. Gratitude is present in the majority of people and when it’s expressed, its like you get to understand who the person is when they show this feeling. I feel like gratitude is present in me at this point in time. When I was younger, I feel like gratefulness is something I completely lacked. There are pictures of My Family and I together on a very nice, expensive, well put together vacation where everyone is smiling and I am as angry as could be. I would throw giant temper tantrums if I didn’t get something I wanted. When I was around 5 or 6 my family took me on a week trip to Disney. Since I was so young I don’t remember much, but I’m reminded every time I ” misbehave” of this story: I was so mad that I didn’t get a Mickey Mouse hat with my name on it that I vowed to be angry the whole time. In reality it was about 4 hours, but to a kid, it felt like forever. Now that I am older I have a tremendous amount of gratefulness for my parents and everything they’ve done for me. Recently I told my parents when we went to New York how appreciative I am for what they’ve done for me. I explained that I know that I’m not the easiest person to handle, but as I grew older I have tried to show them gratitude and hopefully one day I can give my kids the same experiences as I got when I was a kid. Just without the temper tantrums.