Counting My Blessings

In this lead up to Christmas and the New Year period, amidst all the stress and busy-ness of work, marvelling at how quickly the year had flashed by, I began to reflect on what had passed, and what was to come in the next year.

It is too easy to become fixated on the sad things that happened, the regrets of failures big or small; to become impatient for the year to end so that one can start afresh. Life isn’t always a breeze, but it is important to remember to be thankful anyway, even for the simplest things. For every failure there are lessons that can be learned; from sadness, strength and insight can be gained. Simply to be in the possession of all one’s senses is one of life’s richest blessings. Imagine a world without music!

On this penultimate day of the year, I am counting up all the things I am thankful for. Why don’t you?