<p>Do people need to compare themselves with others in order to appreciate what they have?</p>
<p>Essay:
People truly appreciate what they have when they compare it to what unfortunate people have. Too often people take for granted what they have and its people that are struggling that encourage people to appreciate what has been given to them. Wealthy and average persons alike, comparing always leads to appreciation. From Mike Townsell, a wealthy businessman to Eddie Freeburg, who is a just an average teenager.</p>
<p>Mike Townsell is a successful businessman who started his company from scratch. Townsell was never satisfied with the accomplishments he has made, he always wanted bigger and better things. But during a business trip to China, Townsell was astonished by the number of people in poverty, struggling to make ends meet. Townsell was from a neighborhood where people walked for exercise and used a car for everything else, he couldn’t believe what he saw, even just looking out the window, and watching hundreds of people walking for hours to get to work, school, and home . And when Townsell’s business trip was over, he looked at everything differently, the cars, the schools, the people; most importantly his business, family, and friends. He grew to appreciate what he thought to be “not good enough” before his trip.</p>
<p>Eddie Freeburg, a typical teenager has a family with an average income. Freeburg’s friends’ however were children of rich and successful business owners. Freeburg always felt left out when his wealthy friends flaunted about their care free lives. Eddie wished his parents made extra money, so he could fit in with his friends. But during a family dinner, there was a TV show that showed the tragedy hurricane Katrina made in New Orleans. The TV show featured a family who had their house wrecked, had all their belongings ruined and were forced to fit into a small trailer home. Although it has been a full year since hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans, families still face the problems of rebuilding what was lost. After that dinner Eddie couldn’t sleep, he felt ludicrous for asking his parents for money to buy materialistic items to impress his friends. Eddie suddenly changed his whole outlook of what his parents offered to him, he appreciated that he has a home to live in, a bed to sleep in, and entertainment to enjoy, which were the benefits the family featured in the TV show lacked.</p>
<p>Mike Townsell and Eddie Freeburg’s sudden change of outlooks in life teaches us that you should always appreciate what you have, even though it isn’t good enough for certain people. People complain that their life isn’t as enjoyable as it could be. But after the experiences, Townsell and Freeburg realized that no matter how much both of them thought their life was terrible, there was always someone in the world that has it a lot worse.</p>
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