365 Days of Gratitude: My Attitude of Gratitude
Muskan Virk
- What
- are
- you
- grateful
- for?
- When
- life
- gets
- a
- bit
- heavy
- and
- dark,
- it
- can
- be
- difficult
- to
- see
- and
- remember
- the
- things
- we
- could
- be
- grateful
- for.
- Sometimes,
- we
- need
- something,
- or
- someone
- to
- remind
- us.
- At
- the
- age
- of
- 6,
- Muskan
- Virk
- heard
- the
- term
- ‘gender
- equality’
- and
- asked
- her
- parents
- to
- explain
- what
- that
- meant.
- When
- she
- learned
- of
- the
- injustice
- and
- inequality
- that
- so
- many
- face
- every
- day,
- she
- was
- quite
- upset
- about
- it,
- and
- began
- to
- see
- the
- darkness
- in
- the
- world.
- It
- wasn’t
- enough
- for
- Muskan
- to
- simply
- learn
- about
- these
- issues,
- she
- wanted
- to
- make
- a
- difference,
- and
- declared
- that
- “This
- world
- needs
- to
- be
- changed
- and
- I’m
- the
- one
- that
- could
- change
- it!”
- Muskan
- proceeded
- to
- fundraise
- $1200
- through
- her
- school,
- who
- donated
- it
- to
- the
- Malala
- Fund.
- Meera,
- Muskan’s
- mother,
- could
- see
- that
- the
- knowledge
- her
- daughter
- was
- gaining
- was
- quite
- heavy
- on
- her
- young
- soul,
- and
- so
- gave
- her
- a
- journal,
- and
- encouraged
- Muskan
- to
- write
- down
- all
- the
- things
- she
- was
- grateful
- for,
- and
- to
- see
- how
- many
- good
- things
- she
- could
- find.
- A
- little
- over
- a
- year
- later,
- Muskan
- handed
- the
- journal
- back,
- and
- Meera
- was
- delighted
- to
- find
- 450
- gratitudes!
- They
- both
- were
- inspired
- to
- share
- them
- with
- the
- world,
- and
- so
- chose
- 365
- to
- create
- this
- beautiful
- book.
- Along
- with
- the
- inspiring
- stories
- of
- gratitude
- from
- Serena
- Dyer,
- Maya
- Kanigan,
- Rick
- Hansen,
- Taylor
- Conroy
- and
- Jason
- Garner,
- this
- book
- is
- filled
- with
- simple
- gratitudes
- of
- everyday
- life,
- which
- will
- inspire
- and
- uplift
- you,
- and
- remind
- you
- of
- the
- beauty
- and
- pleasures
- that
- surround
- you.
- Part
- of
- the
- proceeds
- from
- this
- book
- will
- be
- used
- to
- help
- build
- Muskan's
- foundation
- -
- Helping
- Hands
- -
- which
- will
- be
- helping
- homeless
- people
- and
- others
- in need.
