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Last night I was watching "Extreme Makeover: House Edition" and the story they had last night was one that really made me think about things. The host, Ty Pennington, is one of those guys who's still a child at heart and likes to screw around and be funny but he never forgets the important things in life that have no time for screwing around and no time to laugh. I pretty much realized that I take things for granted too much. I've complained my house is too small and I've complained that my brother's car accident has changed my life terribly but then I look at the family on TV yesterday and realize, they had less than me. Their son who was going to be a professional basketball player was shot in the back a few times. The guy came up to him while he was lying on the ground and said 'I'm so sorry, I shot the wrong guy'. He's in a wheelchair now and his house was hard to get into and the whole house was just gross. They didn't have the money to fix things up. He couldn't even afford a ring to propose to his girlfriend. Sometimes I spend too much time thinking about myself when I should really be thinking about other people. People who don't have a house or people who just don't have any roof over their head, people who don't have food or people who have to eat scraps from trash cans everyday, people who don't have water or have to drink the muddy water from the ground, people who don't have a family that cares about them or who never even met their family, people who don't have anything. All they want is the things they need when I sit hear crying for the things I don't need. I'm so selfish. This world is selfish. Everyone wants everything they already have and things they don't need. I realized that I and everyone else need to start being thankful for all the things we have. In an instant everything that you once have could disappear. It doesn't take that much. I really need to stop taking things for granted and start opening my eyes.