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.