One of the reasons why a lot people are not happy with life is because they do not even realise how blessed they are. They keep hoping for what they want without even taking time to notice what they have. This is why many people are growing more in impatience, and less in contentment, because they have refused to count their blessings. The truth is that what you have now is what a lot of people are hoping, wishing, and praying to have. In fact, some even wish to have just a tiny percentage of it, yet you commonize it and do not even count it as a blessing.
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In this era, it looks like many people are being thrown into depression as s result of their thoughts that life is unfair to them or they have had hopes which are not fulfilled. That at, they hope to get something which they did not, while they forget other things that they have gotten. The truth is that you have many things that will qualify for a blessing but that is only if you are able to think beyond what your eyes can see. When you think well, you will realise that many of the things that you have now were once part of your earnest wishlist, but now you have them, so be grateful and count them as blessings. This will help you to appreciate life more, be happy, then it will give you the zeal and motivation to keep moving because you know that since this good thing came, better things will come.
Imagine someone graduating from the university with a good result but because they have waited a couple of months without job, they begin to complain and become sad about life. They quickly forget when they were hoping to get admission into the university and how they prayed about it. They are now living in the answers to their prayers, yet they do not consider it a worthy enough blessing to be grateful, rather they only focus on the fact that they have not gotten employed. It is when you celebrate the level at which you are now and the blessings you have received that you will qualify to go further and receive more, because you will get more encouragement and motivation to keep going.
Before you begin to think that there are things that you have not gotten and heights that you have not attained, may I remind you that there are lots of blessings that you already have that you should see. Most times, human mind is only focused on the negatives without even considering the possibility of positivities. That is, they will only see what they do not have yet, but not what they already possess. The truth is that many of the things that you may not even consider as a blessing have untold blessings in it, but you only need to be able to think and see well.
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At the foundation of what you count as a blessing is the gift of life. As long as you have life, then you cannot imagine how blessed you are already. Of course, with life in place, then every other thing has the possibility of falling into place for you. You may not have gotten all what you desired, but for the fact that you are alive is a big enough assurance that there is still the hope of getting it. If you think that nothing is working, may I remind you that your life is still working and your breath is still working. This should be part of the fundamental reasons to count yourself as blessed.
Anytime you start to feel sad over what you think you do not have, just quickly remind yourself of the other blessings you have. More so, that you do not have all those things today does not mean you will never have them - you can still have them in abundance tomorrow, so always focus on the bright and good side of life and count your blessings, then you will realise that you are doing well and even better than many other people out there.
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