I am grateful for those around me via /r/gratitude

I feel like I think about this very often and wanted to express it somewhere.

I am forever grateful for the way my life turned out. Not specifically speaking about my own achievements, but rather how lucky and rich I feel in having loving people around me. More than anything, I am grateful for my family. They are amazing and loving people. They have always loved me, stuck by me and my brother and sacrificed so much to give us a good life.

The sad truth about this world is that many either don't get this or lose it early for various reasons and it genuinely saddens me. What also saddens me is that I have not always been grateful. I'm a very introverted person and a shut-in, most of my life I have not shown appreciation and gratitude towards them in the way I feel that they deserve, and for the last couple of years or so I feel like I've turned things around. This gratitude has helped balance me in life, I am very content and happy with what I have and don't feel like need anything else and most importantly I don't take it for granted. Life can change quickly and when least expected, so we should do our best to show appreciation to those people we love.

That was all. I've had a very rough 6 months and all the support they have given me during this time has made me think about it a lot and wanted to share my gratitude.

Wishing you all a good day.