...be happy that we are awake

S. (9) sat on a sofa and scratched his chin with a pencil. He's the youngest boy in class. The smallest, the quietest, the politest, the most thoughtful and considerate. He pushed a white curl of his forehead, adjusted his glasses, and started writing.
I wondered whether he was writing about his new dog, or about what new things he had learned about Buddhism, his current inquiry interest. Or was he writing about the incident that happened yesterday at break. He had got angry. No one had ever seen him getting even slightly upset, but yesterday when Sh.(also 9) had aimed the ball clearly too high and it hit S's face he got angry. He tackled Sh, and even an hour later clenched his fists and refused to accept Sh's apology.
S. smiled and looked me. "I just wrote what I want. And now I am making a list of all the things I am happy for. I have so many things to be happy for. " He handed me the paper.

I want that all people live in peace

I want that no one gets into fights

Things I have to be happy about

· house

· clothes

· living

· money

· food

· water

· that we are awake

· school

· friends

· own bed

· mother, father, family + pet

· grandparents

· (garden) playground

· reading

· writing

· computer

· math

· learning

I felt how my eyes were filling with tears. "Thank you, for sharing this with me."