Count your blessings

"Happiness will never come to those who fail to appreciate what they already have."

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Seeing what we don’t have is a lot easier than seeing what we do, which is funny if you think about it. The things that we have are right in front of our faces and yet sometimes they are the last thing to be recognized. Pause to count those things in which you do have. Remember to take the time to appreciate that which you are blessed with, like family who put up with your crap, like friends who like wise put up with your crap (willingly even), or just the simple fact that you don’t have to sleep out in the cool or rain.


Besides everyone had to start somewhere. James Oppenheim said that “The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance, the wise grows it under his feet.” If you are always seeking that which you don’t have in order to be happy, when will the happiness come? After you have the newest and greatest piece of technology? With the way technology advances you would never be content.


The happiest people I know don’t rely on “having” in order to be happy. They don’t need certain job or certain level of income. They don’t have to be the perfect weight, or the perfect body. Instead, they learn to be happy with what they already have. Be happy with what you have.


This doesn’t mean that you shouldn’t progress or have goals to better yourself or your position. It simply means that one should appreciate that journey as much as the destination. Appreciate the steps along the way, and remember to stop to smell the roses.