ピッタ・タウファトフアのインスタグラム(pita_tofua) - 10月23日 07時45分

This week I’m going to start with Gratitude. This was our little 1 bedroom house that 8 of us lived. We use to fill buckets with water from the tank to shower and wash up. When it rained we used those same buckets to collect all the water that would drip through the roof. Each year during cyclone season we would pray that we weren’t hit because even the smallest wind would shake the house, causing it to moan and creak. Back then we couldn’t afford much let alone a lawn mower. One day that grass caught on fire and acres of it went up in flames we fought frantically and by some miracle prevented our little house burning. That hole you see next to the window had a large beehive in it. Instead of removing it we kept it there for honey. We couldn’t afford honey. Lighting most nights was with candles because electricity was expensive when it worked. Having soo many people in such a small space was difficult but my parents never complained and always tried to make light of a difficult situation. Perhaps that is where I get it from. They would always find a way of providing. This post isn’t soo much about being grateful for where I am now, which I am; but it is about being grateful for the opportunity and the privilege to grow up in that little house where I learnt to appreciate the true value of life and the people in it. Not long after we left a cyclone wiped that little house out but The memories and lessons will last forever.
#life #gratitude #tonga #mystory

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