Life is too short to be ungrateful.

Meaning: Life is too brief to spend it without appreciating the good things you have.

Choice of Words: Life refers to the existence of an individual human being or animal. Is too short means that it lasts for a limited amount of time. To be ungrateful means to not be thankful or appreciative.

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Life is too brief to lack appreciation.

Meaning: This sentence means that the amount of time we have to live is not long enough to spend it without being thankful for what we have.

Choice of Words: **Life** refers to the existence of a person or thing, or the period of time that a person or thing exists. **Too** means excessively or more than enough. **Brief** means lasting for a short time. **To lack** means to be without or deficient in. **Appreciation** means gratitude or thankfulness.

Our time on Earth is precious; let's not waste it by being unappreciative.

Meaning: This sentence means that the amount of time we have to live is very valuable, and we should not spend it being ungrateful for what we have.

Choice of Words: **Our time on Earth** refers to the period of time that we have to live on the planet Earth. **Precious** means very valuable or important. **Let's not waste it** means that we should not use our time in a way that is not valuable or important. **By being unappreciative** means by not feeling or showing gratitude or appreciation.

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