An ungrateful person is saddened by the petty problems of life. An ungrateful person fails to acknowledge how much his friends and family love him. An ungrateful person’s happiness, even at a lifelong accomplishment, is so transient that it is vanquished by the emergence of another one. I was an ungrateful person until that moment when I thought I had lost it all. I have noticed many other people with this same problem, and I hope that this story will demonstrate the vices of not appreciating what an individual enjoys in his or her life. The next time I get trapped in an elevator, I will at least be at peace that I appreciated what I had when I had