Blessings

When the day seems to be going rough and you seemed to have lost all hope, remember to count your blessings rather than the trials and struggles you are facing. You will realize soon enough that the good always outweighs the bad.

Here are a few quotes I found to remind  and inspire us to count our daily blessings.

Count your blessings instead of your crosses;
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

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

There are no mistakes, no coincidences, all events are blessings given to us to learn from.
Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

We need deliberately to call to mind the joys of our journey. Perhaps we should try to write down the blessings of one day. We might begin; we could never end; there are not pens or paper enough in all the world.
George A. Buttrick

The hardest arithmetic to master is that which enables us to count our blessings.
Eric Hoffer

Despite all the trial, struggles, and obstacles that have come our way today and throughout the last 6 months, I know that the blessings we have in our lives truly outweigh all the evils we have faced at any given point in time. We are grateful for the blessings of family and friends in our lives to get us through the rough spots.

Thank you Lord for giving us the strength, courage, and endurance to face and defeat all the evils that come our way. Keep watch over us and our Guardian Angels who work extra hard on days like today to keep us safe and protect us from harm. Amen.