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Why Am I Thankful For My Life Essay

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I feel thankful for this life because I could have a lot of friends in my life. For me, it’s really important for someone to build relationship with many people in their adolescence. I still remember one of the best memories in my life is in 14 Sept 2016, when I need to leave Indonesia to go to Japan for study abroad. At that time, I arrived in airport in 6 p.m. and my friends called me to ask whether I will board because they want to have a farewell time with me. Then I told them that I will board on 7.15 p.m. I waited them until 7:10 and they still have not arrived at that time. So I felt really disappointed because I thought they lied to me. Then on 7:15, my parents asked me to go inside to do check in but I asked them for 1 more minutes because I still believed that they would come. Suddenly, I saw around 20 persons ran from the parking lot, and I was so surprised. They still came for me even though they knew the risk that I have left. From here I learn to put my trust on other people, because if you trust on someone, they will trust on you. Moreover, trust is how you build your relationship with other people well. …show more content…

I called that a best memory because I can make my parents proud of me. I can saw tears in their eyes when they hear I was accepted in APU. My parents really wants me to enter APU to follow my sister path in APU. They really want me to be a success person. Moreover they also want me to build my future in Japan. In my life, one thing that I don’t want to regret before I die is to make my parents proud of me. I am not from a rich family but my parents have raised me with a big effort. I feel blessed to have them and I think this is the time to make them proud of me by having good scores in

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