Sacrifice By Mitch Albom

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First thing that comes into my mind when I heared the word sacrifice if something you give up, usually for the sake of a better cause. For me that is the meaning of sacrifice. Sometimes we do it but we didn’t realize that it is sacrifice . In the quotes said by Mitch Albom “Sacrifice is a part of life. It's supposed to be. It's not something to regret. It's something to aspire to.” He is right sacrifice is a part of our life without even knowing it. We do it but sometimes we don’t recognize it that it is sacrifice. You can sacrifice a lot of things like your time, your material things your self. But there are types of sacrificing that it is hard for you like what the others doing donor there eye or kidney for the sake of other

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