R V THANKFUL!!!!!??????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!???

3-4 days back i was having horrible lunch in my office cafeteria...and cribbing as usual about the insipid food served everyday.. just after sometime one person came and sat two chairs away from mine.. people keep coming and going so i kept chatting with my friend but something suddenly caught my attention.. the guy had sandwich and juice.. and i saw he was praying before going to start his meal.. and whoooshhh.. i was completely taken by surprise and then remorse and realization dawned upon.... the same food i was cribbing about.. someone is actually thanking God for that meal...and shouldn't we actually be thankful.. for each meal we are blessed with..
There is a board put up in my office.. which says... "Don't waste your food... i haven't got mine.." But how many of us actually even give a single thought to this line...We humans are just never satisfied.. well i feel if you are unsatisfied... you will keep working towards perfection.. but that does not mean we should not be grateful.. for this life we have got.. for the life everyday we are living..
Life is so uncertain that we are not even sure that we'll be seeing tomorrow's sunrise..but still we spend each moment complaining about our life.. How many of us actually thank God for whatever we have..even I myself keep complaining about every smal thing... "yeh nahin hai.. woh nahin hai.. life aisi kyun hai..".. hardly do we say.. "wow yaar.. what a life i have..Thank God i have this life.."
My mom always gives me a very simple example about the movie SAJAN... where there is a scene when Sanjay Dutt goes to the Church to challenge God for his physical disability but when he sees a man without both the legs praying and thanking God he realizes his mistake...
This example really touches me but i always believe.. "If you want to be contended.. look at people below you.. and if you want to be successful always look at people above you.." but in all this thoughts and beliefs..why do we forget to be Grateful.. Its good to aim high but that never implies that we should not be indebted for what we have..
Thank every person who had even a small part to play in your life.. who touched your life.. even for a second.. Thank God for giving us this wonderful life.. Ending with a reflection on what Lord Buddha had said “Let us rise up and be thankful, for if we didn't learn a lot today, at least we learned a little, and if we didn't learn a little, at least we didn't get sick, and if we got sick, at least we didn't die; so, let us all be thankful.” and “If you can't be content with what you have received, be thankful for what you have escaped”.. Cheers..