Celebrity examples of gratitude

Example 1: The story of President Roosevelt in the United States who was always grateful. It is said that Roosevelt's house was robbed and a lot of things were stolen. After hearing the news, a friend wrote to him to comfort him. Roosevelt wrote in his reply: "Dear friend, thank you for your letter to comfort me. I am fine now, thank God: because first, the thief stole my things without harming my life; second, the thief He only stole some of my things, not all of them; thirdly, the most fortunate thing is that he was the thief, not me. "For any person, theft is definitely a misfortune, but Roosevelt found out. Three reasons to be grateful.

Example 2: Han Xin, the general who helped Emperor Gaozu of the Han Dynasty conquer the world, was in a very difficult situation when he failed to succeed. At that time, he often went fishing under the city, hoping that with good luck, he could solve his life. However, this is not a reliable method after all, so you often go hungry. Fortunately, in the place where he often fished, there were many drifters (old ladies who clean silk cotton wool or old clothes) working by the river. One of them sympathized with Han Xin's plight, so she kept helping him and giving him money. Eat. In the midst of hardships and hardships, Han Xin received the kindness of his mother who could barely survive with her hands through hard work. He was very grateful to her and told her that he would repay her heavily in the future. The Piao mother was very unhappy after hearing what Han Xin said, and expressed that she did not hope that Han Xin would repay her in the future. Later, Han Xin made a lot of contributions to the King of Han and was named the King of Chu. He remembered that he had received favors from Piao's mother in the past, so he ordered his servants to send her food and wine, and even gave her a thousand taels of gold to thank her. This is the origin of the idiom "One meal makes a thousand gold".

Example 3: Kangxi, who was in his twilight years, looked back on his glorious years and couldn't help but sigh: without Oboi, Wu Sangui, Galdan and others, he would not have been able to achieve such brilliant achievements. He raised his glass to toast those enemies who had been eliminated, and shouted: "Be my enemy again in the next life!" There is no need to study the truth of the details. It is an indisputable fact that Kangxi was the only emperor throughout the ages. His emotion is touching. Food for thought. If it can be assumed that without those internal and external troubles, Kangxi would have been a mediocre Taiping Emperor and thus be submerged in the dust of history.