Gratitude journal Agata S.

First thing I am grateful for are my Parents and my sister. Thanks to them I can realize my dreams and they support me in very single decision I take. I know I can count on them when something is wrong. They are always present for me, and know how to calm me down or give me positive energy not to give up. My sister is smaller than me (9 years of difference) but we have an amazing relationship we are here for each other, she can tell me her deepest secrets and I can tell her mine. It’s really nice to know that I am not alone on this planet, even if I am not near them geographically; they are still with me, in my heart. I consider myself as the luckiest person in this world thanks to themJ I don’t know what I will be without them in my life. Sometimes, I forget how amazing they are and feel like I don’t deserve their support. What I want to say is that despite all my mistakes, they never give up on me. I feel like I need to give them back all the good things that they gave me my entire life. I want them to be proud of me, because it’s thanks to them that I am now where I am and who I am. Their trust in me is warming my heart but also pressure me a little not to disappoint them. Having these people when I have hard times, and knowing that they are always going to be on my side makes things and life so much easier for me. And I am really grateful for that, because I know that there are people on this planet that can’t count on their families, and have to deal with hard decisions alone. I will be thankful to them my entire life.

Second thing I am grateful for are my friends. Having really good friend makes me having an energy that I would like to share with everyone. These persons know me but from an external point of view, they are not my family, we are not blood related but I feel like I have known them all my life and that they are practically part of my family. I am a lucky person, not everyone have the chance to meet people that will change their life forever and in a positive and extremely nice way. We might be apart, not seeing each other for long periods of time, but it’s always the same when we meet again. It’s like nothing have changed. I am really happy that I met such amazing and kind hearted people and that they like me! They are making me becoming a better person and seeing the world with pink glasses, and that’s an amazing feeling. Knowing that I am not alone, that I can count on people that are not my family, but external to it makes me feel liked. They give me strength to continue and know what to say when I am lost. I can say that without them I will be nothing. When I am around them I feel secure and comfortable. I was looking for such friendship my entire childhood and now I have it, and it enables me to gain some self confidence: I am able to have people that appreciate me, and who cares about me. Their way of appreciating me is different from my family and it gives a very nice feeling. I feel strong having them in my life and I thank them for that. I know that I can overcome any kind of obstacles that will occur in my life thanks to them.

Third thing I am grateful for is my social life. I am really glad to have a very exciting social life. I am never bored, I have always something to do and it’s great because it enables me to break the routine. I want to discover many things, learn things and I can do that. Doing things out of the context of school is something refreshing and make me understand that life is beautiful. Thanks to my social life I’ve learned how to look at the beauty in the world and it made me grow up. Of course sometimes dark thoughts are present in my mind but I am always trying to see the positive side. Travelling, going to cinemas, restaurants, museums, expositions create a unique experience from which I never come back the same as I was before. I always find or see something I never saw or knew before and it’s exciting because I create my own reflexion that makes me more mature day after day. As I have a hunger to learn more and more each day this is one of the motives that makes get up from my bed. Life is too short to sleep. I have to admit that every time I need to go to bed, I feel a little bit scared because it’s the end of the day, and I won’t be able to experience that day ever again. Years, months, weeks, days, hours, minutes, seconds passed so fast that I am scared that I won’t be able to make everything I want before I die. My goal in life is to cross all the dreams I wrote down on a “to do list” and everyday some new ideas are added and this helps me to move forward in order to realize these dreams and be happy and to keep a challengeJ.