Hey there! :D
I just submitted a 500-word article to Reader's Digest ASIA. It's an entry to their contest and I think my article will be posted there tomorrow. Lucky! :D
Here is the article I wrote on a haste to fight off my laziness. Hahha. :)
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3 Things I'm Thankful for this Christmas:
It has been quite a long year for me and my
family this year. A lot has happened and I have experienced things which I
didn't expect to experience in my 16 years of age. Though it might have been a
tough year, I am thankful that I was able to go through it and that I am able
to smile now. Picking three things that I am most thankful for turned out to be
kind of a hard job because there are just a lot of things I'm thankful for that
I can't choose. Fortunately, I was still able to come up with the three things
I am most thankful for.
Firstly, I thank God for giving me a very
beautiful family who, amidst all trials, has always stayed as one, never
leaving each other. I know a lot of people who have broken families and
whenever I try to put myself into their shoes, I kind of feel the kind of
suffering they are feeling. Therefore, no matter how many times me and my
siblings fight over some really trivial and childish things, I am still very
thankful. I thank God that I, at least, have some siblings who I can fight with
every day.
Secondly, I am very thankful for having a
lot of friends whom I can spend a lot of my vacant hours with at school. Whenever
I feel lonely or just out of it, I, at least, have someone who I can talk it
over with. They are also very funny and it's weird because I just find myself
laughing out loud when I am with them. At first, all we would talk about are
just crazy stuffs, but as time passed by, I felt that our bonds have gotten
stronger. We were all able to open up little by little. I am thankful that I
have people who are concerned for me and whom I can be concerned with. People -
whom I can talk about my troubles, things that surprise me, my love problems and
people whom I can make happy and sad memories with. Though there might be
misunderstandings amongst us in the future, I hope that we would all be able to
understand each and everyone's complex feelings.
Lastly, I am very thankful that I am gifted
with a lot of abilities by God. Thankful also because I didn't have any serious
handicaps and that I have a healthy body.
Though I still have a lot of things that I
am thankful for, I just may have to stop here since I just have to write three.
Besides, I am writing this now amidst of a very tight schedule. :P To end, I
have a phrase to share. "When I'm worried and I can't sleep, I count my
blessings, instead of sheep. Then I fall asleep, counting my blessings."
Have a Happy New Year! :D
