count your blessings. . .  

 

The following is something to ponder:



If you have food in the refrigerator,

clothes on your back, a roof overhead and a place to

sleep ... you are richer than 75% of this world.



If you have money in the bank, in your wallet,

and spare change in a dish someplace ... you are among

the top 8% of the world's wealthy.



If you woke up this morning with more

health than illness ... you are more blessed than the

million who will not survive this week.



If you have never experienced the danger of

battle, the loneliness of imprisonment, the agony of

torture, or the pangs of starvation...  you

are ahead of 500 million people in the world.



If you can attend a church meeting without fear

of harassment, arrest, torture, or death ... you are

more blessed than three billion people in the world.



If your parents are still alive and still married ...

you are very rare, even in the United States.



If you hold up your head with a smile on your face and

are truly thankful... you are blessed because the

majority can, but most do not.



If you can hold someone's hand, hug them or even touch

them on the shoulder... you are blessed because you

can offer healing touch.



If you can read this message, you just received

a double blessing in that someone was thinking of you,

and furthermore,you are more blessed than

over two billion people in the world

that cannot read at all.





Have a good day, count your blessings, and pass this

along to remind everyone else how blessed we all are.