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Once President Roosevelt's house was broken into and lots of things were stolen.
1 this, one of
Roosevelt's friends wrote to him and
2 him not to take it to his heart so much. President Roosevelt
3
immediately, saying, "Dear friend, thank you for your letter to
4 me. I am all right now. I think I should
thank God. This is because of the following three
5 : Firstly, the thief only stole things from me
6 did not
hurt me at all;
7 , the thief has stolen some of my things
8 all my things; thirdly, most luckily for me, it was
the man
9 me who became a thief."
It is certainly
10 for anyone to be stolen from. However, President Roosevelt had three reasons to be
11. This story tells us we should learn to be grateful in our life. There is a
12 from Mahatma Gandhi-Live as you were to die tomorrow; learn as you were to live forever. Great people are always
13 their love to
the world, just as Gandhi, Mother Teresa, and so on. How about us?
You can not do
14 , but still you can do something. So, be grateful to your life, all the people and the
things in your life.
Be grateful to nature, for the fresh air you
15 , the clean water you drink, and the beautiful flowers you
smell.
Be grateful to your parents, for they
16 to you and taught you right from wrong.
Be grateful to your
17 , for they taught you with great patience.
Be grateful to your friends, for you have known
18 since you were 9 or 10 and faced the
19 together
for so many years.
20 I want to say: being grateful can bring us a better and more beautiful life. Why don't we have a try?
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