Count your gains instead of your losses.
Count your joys instead of your woes;
Count your friends instead of your foes.
Count your smiles instead of your tears;
Count your courage instead of your fears.
Count your full years instead of your lean;
Count your kind deeds instead of your mean.
Count your health instead of your wealth;
Count on God instead of yourself.
~ Author Unknown ~
Count your blessings. Once you realize how valuable you are and how much you have going for you, the smiles will return, the sun will break out, the music will play, and you will finally be able to move forward the life that God intended for you with grace, strength, courage, and confidence.
~ Og Mandino ~
Envy is the art of counting the other fellow's blessings instead of your own.
~ Harold Coffin ~
Counting our blessings can transform melancholy into cheerful mass; laughter and joy are expressions of praise and thanksgiving for life's glories. When looking at the glass that symbolizes our life, we can view it as half full or half empty. The choice is ours... The more joyful we are, the more attractive we become. When we feel gratitude for our experiences, it becomes easier to see the good that always exists. When we give a smile to someone else, we are likely to receive one in return, and that smile reflects a happy heart that is open and receptive to what the good life has in store.
~ John Marks Templeton ~
Reflect upon your present blessings, of which every man has plenty; not on your past misfortunes of which all men have some.
~ Charles Dickens ~
Every positive thing in your life represents a single unique blessing. Every negative thing in your life has the opportunity to become a double blessing. For when you turn a negative into a positive, you gain twice. You are no longer burdened with the negative situation, and in addition to that you are strengthened by a new positive force.
~ Ralph Marston ~
Men are slower to recognize blessings than evils.
~ Titus Livius ~
Some wish blessings, others pray for them. Some send blessings and they become one.
~ Joyce C. Lock ~
Blessed is the season which engages the whole world in a conspiracy of love.
~ Hamilton Wright Mabie ~
We spend so much time pondering, and, dwelling on what is not right, that often, what IS right, is missed...
~ Rev. LWINSOR ~
We cling to the negatives, albeit, these are but tactics, to remove us from the positive's, which, are prevalent in EVERY day, especially, when *GOD* is in the mix...
~ Rev. LWINSOR ~
Many people, upon meeting me, assume that, I have it easy; this is because, I do NOT wear my lack, as a garment, instead, I wear the garment of the riches, internal, which, *GOD* has bestowed upon me! There is abundance to be found in each day, which, I found, even in my greatest times of lack, and which, carry me, ALWAYS to a point of fulfillment! DON'T assume the lives of others, nor, compare yours to the imaginings you have of theirs, it is a waste of time, and, takes from the riches at hand...
~ Rev. LWINSOR ~
A young couple I know, bought a house, a year, or so, ago, and, were just getting settled into it. It is very nice home, large enough for them to grow in, and, all of a sudden, the Woman says, "I can't wait to buy a bigger, and, nicer home." I told her this: The more you want in the life, the harder you have to work, the harder you have to work, the less time you have to enjoy what you have, and, time passes by, so quickly, that, before you know it, it is time to think about downsizing, which means, that dream home, and, much of the acquired stuff therein! Not only that, but, life is uncertain, you just don't know what is ahead! This doesn't mean you shouldn't strive for more, it means, be grateful TODAY, for what you have, and, ENJOY! Besides all this, *GOD* FIRST!!!
~ Rev. LWINSOR ~
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