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    Wednesday, October 20, 2010

    Counting My Blessings

    It is when I am now tucked in nice and warm with some time to spare
    that I start to go over the day and the lessons I had learnt so far. I
    am not perfect and had accepted me for me, well mostly. There are
    definitely some aspects of me in the works for improvement. I digress
    though as the topic is counting my blessings and here are those that I
    glean for today:

    1. A tropical climate for my homeland - where once countries with four
    seasons are held in awe, now summer season, preferably year round is
    the choice for me.

    2. Having my family with me - something as basic as this is a luxury
    for those in war torn areas.

    3. Having God with me - spirituality is a huge, huge saviour of me
    especially in times when situations call for faith, strength and doing
    the right thing. I am fundamentally a rational and grounded person and
    seek to fulfil the highest thoughts I have about me. Life however is
    never straightforward, hence the bitter, sweet, sad and happy. So when
    I am being called forth to make decisons, I will usually take the
    route that is morally and ethically correct. For I do not seek nor
    agree with having pleasures at the expense of another being. I do
    accept the imperfectness of the situation and seek to choose decisons
    that reflect who I am.

    4. Able to recognise that I can choose to be happy - happiness is a
    state of mine and influenced by perceptions. Literally how you think
    will affect how you feel. So I am blessed to be able to recognise the
    fact that I can and am capable to be happy just by how I think. So
    think positive, happy thoughts and problems will seemed less daunting.

    5. To be able to love and give love - love is free and yet it is in a
    sense limited by the bearer of this beautiful gift.

    Thus far are some of the blessings I hold close to my heart.