Information about gratitude

Once, the home of former American President Roosevelt was stolen, and many things were stolen. A friend wrote to comfort him after hearing the news and advised him not to care too much. Roosevelt wrote back to his friend: "Dear friend, thank you for your letter to comfort me. I am safe now. Thank god: because first, the thief stole my things and didn't hurt my life; Second, the thief only stole some of my things, not all of them; Third, the luckiest thing is that he is the thief, not me. " Stealing is absolutely unfortunate for anyone, but Roosevelt found three reasons to be grateful. This story inspires us how to be grateful for life.

Five poor college students in Hubei were disqualified for not being grateful for help.

Jingchu News (Chutian Metropolis Daily) (reporter Li Jianjun, correspondent Zhou Hualing, Wu Yao) has been aided for more than a year. I didn't take the initiative to call or write to the sponsor, and I didn't say thank you. The indifference of the five aided college students in Xiangfan made the patrons feel cold gradually.

In mid-August, in the ninth "Golden Autumn Student Aid" activity jointly organized by Xiangfan City Federation of Trade Unions and the Municipal Association of Women Entrepreneurs, the organizer announced that five poor college students were disqualified from continuing to receive financial aid.

Last August, Xiangfan City Federation of Trade Unions and Women Entrepreneurs Association jointly launched the "Golden Autumn Scholarship" activity. 19 female entrepreneurs and 22 poor college students form a helping pair, and each of them promises to support 1000 to 3,000 yuan every year for four years. Before entering the school, the Municipal Federation of Trade Unions sent a letter to each aided college student and his parents, hoping that they would take time to write a letter to the sponsor and report on their study and life.

However, over the past year or so, the performance of some aided college students has been disappointing. Two thirds of them didn't write to the sponsors. One boy did write a short message to the sponsor, but the letter only emphasized how difficult his family was, hoping that the sponsor would give generously again without even saying "thank you", which made the sponsor feel very unhappy.

This summer, when the Municipal Federation of Trade Unions once again organized female entrepreneurs to donate money, some female entrepreneurs said that they were "unwilling to support heartless poor students". Results Only 17 of the 22 poor college students received funding again, and * * * received a donation of 45,000 yuan.

Zhou Ping, vice chairman of Xiangfan Federation of Trade Unions, who has been committed to subsidizing poor students for many years, is very embarrassed. She feels that some poor students are psychologically "extremely self-respecting and extremely inferior" and lack the "sunshine mentality" to treat others and society correctly. Some students think that "good grades are taken for granted" and lack the minimum gratitude.

As the ancients said, the grace of dripping water will surely bring spring. Gratitude is a fine tradition of our nation, and it is also the minimum character of an upright person. In fact, we also need to be grateful, because our parents have the kindness to nurture us, our teachers have the kindness to educate us, our leaders have the kindness to meet in time, our colleagues have the kindness to help us, our society has the kindness to protect us, our army has the kindness to protect us, and our motherland has the kindness to care for us ..................................................................................... A person who is always grateful, open-minded, broad-minded, will actively and willingly help others. And those who are not grateful, their blood is cold, their hearts are cold, which can only bring indifference and cruelty to society. If there are too many such people, society will become a cold and hopeless desert. We despise them and disdain to associate with them.

Thanksgiving Day is the fourth Thursday of June165438+1October every year. Thanksgiving is an ancient festival created by the American people, and it is also a festival for Americans to reunite with their families, so Americans always feel very cordial when they mention Thanksgiving.

The origin of Thanksgiving can be traced back to the beginning of American history. 1620, the famous Mayflower arrived in America with 102 Puritans who could not bear the persecution of English religion. In the winter at the turn of 1620 and 162 1, they encountered unimaginable difficulties and were hungry and cold. After winter passed, only 50 immigrants survived. At this time, the kind Indians brought necessities to the immigrants, and specially sent people to teach them how to hunt, fish and grow corn and pumpkins. With the help of Indians, the immigrants finally got a bumper harvest. On the day of celebrating the harvest, according to religious traditions and customs, immigrants set a day to thank God and decided to invite them to celebrate the festival together to thank the Indians for their sincere help.

On the first Thanksgiving, Indians and immigrants gathered together. They fired a salute at dawn, marched into a room used as a church, expressed their sincere thanks to God, then lit a bonfire and held a grand banquet. On the second and third days, wrestling, running, singing and dancing were held. The first Thanksgiving was a great success. Many of these celebrations have been circulated for more than 300 years and have been preserved to this day.

At first, there was no fixed date for Thanksgiving, which was decided temporarily by the states. It was not until 1863 after the independence of the United States that President Lincoln declared Thanksgiving a national holiday.

A childlike innocence

A single woman just moved, and she found a poor family living next door.

A widow and two children. One night, there was a sudden power failure in that area, so the woman had to light the candles herself. After a while, I suddenly heard someone knocking at the door.

It turned out to be the child next door, only to see him nervously ask, "Aunt, do you have candles at home?" The woman thought, "Are they so poor that they don't even have candles? Never lend it to them, lest you become dependent on them! "

So he shouted at the child: "No!" Just as she was about to close the door, the poor child showed a caring smile and said, "I knew there was no one at home!" " "

After that, I took out two candles from my arms and said, "My mother and I were afraid that you would live alone and there were no candles, so we brought two to send you."

At this moment, the woman blamed herself, moved to tears and held the child tightly in her arms.

Two people are walking in the desert. They are very good friends. On the way, they had a quarrel for some reason. One of them slapped the other. That man is very sad. So he wrote in the sand: "Today my friend slapped me."

After writing, they walked on. They came to a swamp. Men accidentally ignored it. The other man tried his best to save him. Finally, the man was saved. He is very happy. So he picked up a stone and wrote on it, "My friend saved my life today." My friend was puzzled and asked strangely, "Why did I slap you? You wrote it in the sand. The man smiled and replied, "if others misunderstand me or have something bad for me, they should write it in the place that is the easiest to forget, and the wind is responsible for erasing it." "When a friend is good to me or good to me, he should write it in the most unlikely place to disappear, despite the wind and rain.

Intensity of kindness

A couple was lucky enough to book a train ticket, but when they got on the bus, they found a lady sitting in their seat. The husband motioned for his wife to sit in the seat next to him, but did not let the lady give up her seat. After the wife sat down, she looked carefully and found that the lady's right foot was a little inconvenient, then she understood why her husband didn't wake her up. He has just arrived in Taipei from Chiayi Station.

After getting off the bus, Mr. Ai Xin's wife said, "It's a good thing to give up your seat, but Chiayi is so far away from Taipei that you can ask her to give it back to you and let you sit down."

Mr. Wang said: "It is inconvenient for people all their lives, and it is inconvenient for us for these three hours." Mrs. Wang was very moved and felt that the world had become much gentler.

"People can't be convenient for a lifetime, so we can't be convenient for these three hours." What a mighty, compassionate and beautiful sentence. It can convey beautiful thoughts to others, influence the surrounding environment and make the world beautiful and complete.

"Kindness", a simple and powerful word, is easy to understand and will accompany people all their lives. I hope we can ask it often and make good use of it, because our ancestors have long told us that "kindness is the most valuable thing" and it will be inexhaustible in our life.

Once, when my daughter was in the fifth grade of primary school, about October, I had a high fever and was given an intravenous drip in the health center. I left a note at home asking her not to wait for me. After coming back from school, I went across the street to buy a guest meal. But at 6 o'clock in the evening, the door of the ward was pushed open and my daughter came in with thermos flask. That's rice and some side dishes (loofah fried edamame, scrambled eggs, etc. ) She made it herself. I was shocked at that time because my daughter had never done such a thing before, and the food was delicious. The daughter said, "You should learn to cook for your mother and take care of others." I was really touched at that time.

A young man fell in love with a woman. The young man doesn't know that women are changed by the devil. In order to please women, young people give everything they have and do their best. One day, the devil asked the young man to cut out his mother's heart for her. The young man agreed without hesitation. In the dark, he hugged his mother's heart and hurried back to the devil. When passing through a forest, I accidentally fell down and my heart was thrown far away. When the young man struggled to get up from the ground, he heard his heart asking, "Does it hurt, my son?"

In a remote town in France, it is said that there is a particularly effective spring, which often produces miracles and can cure various diseases.

One day, a veteran with a crutch and a missing leg limped through the streets of town. The villagers nearby said sympathetically, "Poor guy, is he going to ask God for another leg?" This sentence was heard by veterans. He turned to them and said, "I didn't ask God for a new leg, but asked him to help me and teach me how to live without legs."

A boy living in poverty sells goods door to door in order to save money for his tuition. In the evening, he felt tired and hungry, but his sales promotion was so poor that he was a little desperate. At this time, he was very hungry. He knocked on the door, hoping that his master would give him a glass of water. It was a beautiful young woman who opened the door, but she gave him a cup of thick hot milk, which made the boy very grateful. Many years later, the boy became a famous surgeon. The woman who used to be very kind to him was transferred to the hospital where the famous surgeon was because of her serious illness and the local doctor was helpless. After the surgeon finished the operation for the woman, he was pleasantly surprised to find that the woman was the young woman who enthusiastically helped him when he was hungry and cold many years ago. It was that cup of hot milk that restored his confidence and completed his studies. The woman thinks the cost must be very expensive. When she got up the courage to read it, she was surprised to find that there was a line on the operation fee list: operation fee-a glass of milk.

Luz used rice to honor his parents.

There is an old saying in China: "Filial piety is the first virtue". Filial piety is the first of all virtues. If a person does not know how to honor his parents, it is hard to imagine that he will love his motherland and people.

The ancients said: "I am old, and people are old; Young and frivolous, and young people. " We should not only honor our parents, but also respect other old people, care for young children, and create an honest folk custom of respecting the old and loving the young in the whole society. This is the responsibility of our students in the new era.

Luz was a native of Lu at the end of the Spring and Autumn Period. He is famous for his political affairs among Confucius disciples. Especially famous for being brave. However, when Luz was young, his family was very poor, and he lived by eating coarse grains and wild vegetables for many years.

Once, my elderly parents wanted to eat rice, but there was no rice at home. What should I do? Lutz thought, if he climbed several mountains and borrowed some rice from relatives, wouldn't he be able to meet his parents' requirements?

As a result, Xiaozi walked more than ten miles across the mountains and returned a small bag of rice from his relatives' home. Seeing that his parents ate delicious rice, Luz forgot his fatigue. The neighbors all praised Luz as a brave and filial child.