A Persian poet named Saadi Shirazi wrote a book titled “Gulistan” or “The Rose Garden” in 1258. From the chapter titled “On the Excellence of Contentment” come these lines from “Story 19”:
“I never lamented about the vicissitudes of time or complained of the turns of fortune except on the occasion when I was barefooted and unable to procure slippers. But when I entered the great mosque of Kufah with a sore heart and beheld a man without feet I offered thanks to the bounty of God, consoled myself for my want of shoes…”
That is why in the Freestyle Clip #16, I ask: “What Are You Grateful For?”