Count Your Blessings

Sometimes we stare ourselves so blind into our own problems that we forget that others may have worse problems. I once read that if you could choose between your own problems and that of somebody else, you will always pick your own.

This is because your problems are unique to you and only you are equipped to deal with them. You will not cope with the next person’s problems. Only that person is capable of doing that.

The next time that you feel that your problems are getting too much for you, lift your eyes and look over them; or wear your X-Ray glasses and look straight through them. Look at all the wonderful things out there and appreciate them. Those are the things that make life worth living.

Early in the year 2000, six months before my mother died, she had a stroke that left her one side crippled. She walked with a bad limp and her one arm was useless.

Whenever one of us children went there, she would make us tea or coffee all the time; battling with one hand – with a determination that came close too obsession; refusing help.

She was a deeply religious woman who prayed constantly, but I never heard that she asked God to ‘fix’ her hand. Instead she thanked God for leaving her capable of still being able to do something for her children.

I did not want to drag my mother in here, but this was the best example I could think of. Look beyond the problems. There so many other things to be grateful for!

Have a wonderful Sunday and to those who are back at the salt mines already, keep it coming!