Thankfulness

Thankfulness Robert Louis Stevenson said, "Keep your eyes open to your mercies. The man who forgets to be thankful has fallen asleep in life. This quote caught my eyes while I was scrolling down in my facebook news. Few moments later, it really got me thinking. Most of us used to nag asking for everything that we wish we had experienced in life. As a result, our times had been wasted because contrarily we had to think and thank for what we had in our lives. For such a reason ,I realized that many people desired what I had and that was another good reason to be thankful for my blessings. As such, I continued thinking about the topic, and I figured out many things. If you woke up today with more health than illness, you would be more blessed than the millions who wouldn't survive . If you had never known the dangers of battle, the loneliness of imprisonment, the agony of torture, hunger pains, you would have been ahead of 500 million people worldwide.If you went to the church or a temple without being persecuted, arrested, tortured or killed; you would be more blessed three billion people on the planet.If you had food in your refrigerator, and wore clean clothes,had a roof over your head and a safe place to sleep, you would be richer than the other 75 % of the population.If you had money in the bank, money in your wallet, and a few coins in a jar at home, you would be a part of the 8% of the affluent population in the world.If your parents were still alive and married, you would be rare.If you read such a message or went on facebook to read beautiful quotes, you would receive a double blessing because someone had thought of you and you would be luckier than 2 billion people who could not read and didn't have a computer. Should you bring a smile on your face, and be grateful for all you are blessed, you will experience true happiness.