Blessings are all around us waiting to be discovered.  The way a person views one’s own life is determined by what he or she chooses to focus on.  So, if we look for blessings, we are bound to find them.

The problem with looking for blessings is that when everything is going well, it isn’t something that needs our attention.  Without a problem to solve, it is easy to take the good things for granted.  But, to me, a better way of thinking is to appreciate the little things that make life run smoothly.  Little things add up to big blessings. But, one has to choose to see life that way.  

I found this out after my son died in a car accident.  The day before, he had been at my house getting his hair cut.  The next day he was gone.  But, I had so much to be thankful for, and so many things that had to be done.  I armed myself with gratitude for all that was good and true.  We loved each other and liked each other and saw each other often.  I focused desperately on finding the good. The blessings were in the relationship we had.  I hung on to them for dear life.

Blessings are always around us, in spite of what happens.  That doesn’t mean we don’t feel the pain of loss and the many problems life has to offer.  But, there are always things to be thankful for.  The problem lies in just how difficult it may be to find them.  

I have not yet been challenged in ways that have defeated me. I have been fortunate to always have had enough in my life.  I cannot fathom what it must be like for so many people in this world.  There is devastation I have no clue about.  There are so many traumas, tragedies and cruelties in this world.

The only thing I know for sure is that we will probably not find what we are not looking for.  Looking for blessings will, at the very least, give a person a better chance of finding them.  And if one believes that they are there, why not give it a try?