Count your blessings

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Count your blessings
Count your many blessings
Count them one by one...

This is the cornerstone of my philosophy.

Whether it was twenty something hungry and broke me hitchhiking around the country.

Forty something recently divorced father of twins me after losing my house.

Or sixty something me laying in recovery of the latest malady that decided my body should host it for a while.

I would think...

Count your blessings
Count your many blessings
Count them one by one...

When I was down it would start with breath...

I am thankful to be breathing...
Thankful to be able to control it...

When it came to lying in pain...
I would be thankful for what wasn't in oain..
I would be thankful I found a way to roll over with only minimal increased pain...or that the pain spike was temporary and in the past, till I had to roll over again

Everytime I step into a hot shower, or sit into a warm tub...
 
wil said:
Count your blessings
Count your many blessings
Count them one by one...
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When I put my twins to bed...

Name three things you are thankful for...

Sometimes I would get a long sigh...oh Dad...

Sometimes I would get 3 rote responses...but I didn't care...(cause I know there are times that is all I can muster)

But most times I would be amazed at the responses.

What are you thankful for today?

Count your blessings!
 
I have an AMC theater gym membership

Well that's what I call it. Still in recovery from my ascending aorta dissecting 6 years ago sorta reaching a plateau...but hell I am six years older!

The theater of 1.7 miles (2.7k) from my house and my movie pass allows me 3 movies a week...so I try...it is my incentive.

Sometimes it wears me out, and I just go in the theater and nap...today I stayed awake, did grocery shopping and made it back!

It is a blessing, and I am counting it!

What can you count as a blessing today?
 
muhammad_isa said:
That I am able to reply to you, despite being ~5,000 miles away, and losing my virility. :)
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IKR! YES!!

this site is a blessing. The discussions we have had over the years thanx to Brian, Steve, RJM, and now Brian again... for me thanx to think arete, and zaadz evolving I was looking for another thought provoking group.

And yes, this day and time I am grateful to have these discussions from.the comfort of my home. It has been instrumental in my recovery and my understandings of the world in which we live.
 
I am blessed with three :kitty:s who are (mostly) quiet, only escaping the flat if there's a (legitimate) medical emergency somewhere in the complex.

I'm also blessed with the ability to walk and/or do self care (unlike several neighbours...) I'm also blessed with the ability to go (almost) anywhere I want to go and be welcomed...

Phyllis Sidhe_Uaine
 
It's good, a blessing, to know the highest blessings, and count them:

„Many deities and men, yearning after good, have pondered on blessings.(4) Pray, tell me the greatest blessing!“
[The Buddha:]
„Not to associate with the foolish,(5) but to associate with the wise; and to honor those who are worthy of honor — this is the greatest blessing.
To reside in a suitable locality,(6) to have done meritorious actions in the past and to set oneself in the right course(7) — this is the greatest blessing.
To have much learning, to be skillful in handicraft,(8) well-trained in discipline,(9) and to be of good speech(10) — this is the greatest blessing.
To support mother and father, to cherish wife and children, and to be engaged in peaceful occupation — this is the greatest blessing.
To be generous in giving, to be righteous in conduct,(11) to help one's relatives, and to be blameless in action — this is the greatest blessing.
To loathe more evil and abstain from it, to refrain from intoxicants,(12) and to be steadfast in virtue — this is the greatest blessing.
To be respectful,(13) humble, contented and grateful; and to listen to the Dhamma on due occasions(14) — this is the greatest blessing.
To be patient and obedient, to associate with monks and to have religious discussions on due occasions — this is the greatest blessing.
Self-restraint,(15) a holy and chaste life, the perception of the Noble Truths and the realisation of Nibbana — this is the greatest blessing.
A mind unruffled by the vagaries of fortune,(16) from sorrow freed, from defilements cleansed, from fear liberated(17) — this is the greatest blessing.
Those who thus abide, ever remain invincible, in happiness established. These are the greatest blessings.“(18)
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