Gratitude and Appreciation

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My dear seeds,

One day I was walking through the streets and in front of me there was a dog. That dog was hungry, he was so hungry that he couldn't go on any more, he was thin and he couldn't find anything, the dog thought how sad, I'm so hungry and there's nothing to eat.

He went to another place and the streets were clean too, until he came to a small square and there was a butcher's shop. And suddenly the butcher was kind and said, "What a pity, that dog is so thin, he must be very hungry."

And he picked up one of his bones, the biggest, the most beautiful, and threw it to him, the dog looked at it with a grateful look, threw it in his muzzle and ran away Happy, there was no happier dog than him, and happier, at last he had food. And in the bone there was still some tasty meat, and inside the marrow, which is the best part and where all the vitamins are.

And he said: "I'm the happiest dog in the world, I'm going to run away from here and go to the outskirts where I'll quietly eat my bone".

When he got to the outskirts, near a river, he sat down and began to eat, but he saw that there were other dogs approaching and he said, I'm going to cross the river, it's not very deep and they won't come from the other side and I'll eat it quietly.

What a feast I'm going to have! And he was so happy and so content, and then he jumped into the river and when he was in the middle, suddenly the dog looked into the water. What surprise did the dog get? He saw his face, it was his reflection, but he also saw a much bigger bone.

And if you remember my seeds, when the water reflects us, it always looks bigger, the image is distorted and it looks bigger, different. So the dog said, there's a dog under here looking at me and it has a bigger bone than mine, it can't be, I'm going to take it away and I'll have more food.

So the dog's gesture was to open his snout and his bone fell out and the current carried it away. And he, in trying to pick up the bone that was mirrored, got his snout wet and there was nothing there.

And he said, "Where is my bone? Where is the bone?"

Then he fell into the trap and what he had seen was a mirage, simply his image ended up crossing the river with great sadness and with great hunger because he lost his bone, his illusion and everything he dreamed of by eating that delicious bone.

My seeds, don't be sad, you are worth much more and you can make dreams come true, but there is something we must not forget, we want it from our neighbours, and many times we prefer what our neighbours have, what they do when someone says, "this person is golden".

No, there is no person in gold, apart from King Midas, who everything he touched turned to gold, until one day he touched the food he was going to eat and it turned to gold and he died. So there is no one in gold, we are flesh and blood, that's why that dog, desiring that which is not his own, went without food.

Don't wish to paint better than the painter, don't wish to do the work that a good worker does, or the famous meatballs, or whatever. Simply be grateful and thank God each day for what we have, let us know how to appreciate it, let us know how to value it

And if one day we have nothing, we have to say, we are alive, we see the sun, we see it. Let's thank God. So, give value to everything we can touch, see, smell, feel, give importance to every living being, to every object, to every stone, to every plant and also know how to respect.

Not only living beings, people, but also animals. And if one day we find a rose that reminds us of a loved one and it is very windy, we are going to put something on it, a tutor, so that it does not suffer and can live longer.

That is what it means to be grateful and you will be happy.

This is today's story that I wanted to share with you my beloved and dear seeds.

With all my love the Jardinera