Personal Philosophy

Jackie Fulgar

American Literature H, Block 2

Mrs. Fujii

8 April 2014

Personal Philosophy 

"If the only prayer ever say is "Thank You,' that will have been enough." As Meister Eckhart said. Everyone

goes through every day life and not recognizing what they have until it is gone. I know it may sound cliche,

but nothing in this world can make a person happier than saying,"Thank you." When you go through a first

break up or when nothing is going right, we all go to someone to share or pour out our feelings. Whether it

may be to our best friends,parents or any family member. People in our lives may not do much to solve our

problem,s but right then and there, they will always be there to listen. But most of the time when we keep

moving forward in life we hardly ever look and think about the people who mean the world to us. I believe

that it is important to step on the breaks on our lives and just take the moment you have and say, "Thank

you."  

Before my parents got divorced, I would hardly thank them for everything that they have done for me and all

of the good times we had as a family. Since I am the only child, I always thought of getting everything that I

have ever dreamed of and nothing could go wrong. So I guess, I did not feel the need to say,"Thank you" to

my parents. But as they were deciding, this and that about me or the house, things started to come to me. I

looked back a few years before I turned 16 and every moment was amazing with my parents. Every Sunday

morning I got to see my dad and mom make me breakfast together while they would blast there 70's-80's

music. Every holiday we would go to the beach, just the three of us and we would have endless

laughter's.But now that they are divorced I regret not saying, "Thank you." So I attempted to a few weeks

after with my mom. I knew it was the right thing to say but somehow I could not say it. I guess I was scared

because I would not know what her reaction would be. Something was just holding me back. All of the

years that I have not been grateful has set me up in the future to make it even harder for me to say two

words that would make them the happiest parents on earth. 

I have thought about the two words and how much it would mean to them if I said it. So I got the courage

from my very best friend and person that I am grateful to have in my life, Derick. He explained to me how

much it would mean to my parents if I said the two words. So I came home from school and I walked into

my moms room and said, "Thank you mom,for everything." I did not know that I could say more than those

two words. But I did. From then on I became grateful then ever towards my parents, it made them happy

and it made me happy. There are 24 hours, 1,440 minutes and 86,000 seconds in a day. We can all spare at

least a few minutes in day to say,"Thank you" and become grateful for what you have right in front of you.