How Are You Blessed?

I have a roof over my head, clothing on my back, food on my table and a wonderful family. There isn't a whole lot more I could ask for except for maybe more time with my family. BUT I could spend all day with them and still want more time.

Good for you for finding the silver lining!! I hope things get better :)

I am blessed with beautiful, smart, funny, HEALTHY children, a hard working husband, a roof over my head, we both have jobs (which is so huge right now), blessed with very supportive families (my folks AND his), wonderful friends who wouldn't hesitate to help us if we needed it...

... I could go on and on and on :) With every negative, there is a positive, and the past week has really made me stop, think, put things in perspective, and create my own happiness by remembering all the things I am so, SO lucky to have!!

Keep your chin up :)

I believe that the blessings we experience here in the states are huge and that we take them for granted. I am so thankful everyday for running water, inside toilets, showers, being able to afford sugar, butter, milk, and all kinds of things that was not always so easy to come by or so plentiful or inexpensive. I'm thankful for mops, easy cleaners, paper towels, and the worms that eat my garbage that are downstairs in a trash can. I'm thankful for a soft bed and for my memory form pillow and my memory form bed topper. I'm thankful for computers, and books, and churches, and for the freedom and liberty to live the way I choose.

Yeash... I could write and write and write. God has richly blessed me, healed me of years of sickness and struggle, gotten some difficult people out of my daycare and replaced them with the best kids and the best families.

I'm so grateful for sleep. I've never slept this well or this much in my adult life! I enjoy my pets, family, and daycare kids.

I hope everyone recognizes their many blessings!

I am so blessed. I was thinking last night how lucky we are to live in a wealthy, multicultural country. I hate power showers! ( very common in Ireland).

But we are very lucky! We have enough money to meet an assortment of financial needs and goals, and we have a warm house, loving families, our health and good friends.

My husband got laid off from his job last Thursday. I am having a bit of a pity-party. But I need to do the same thing you are doing - look at what I DO have instead of what I don't. Thanks for this reminder. Yes we are blessed with togetherness, family support, good health, food, shelter, and lots of laughter still.

Love this post.

I am blessed in many ways.

First, I hit the lottery by being born in the United States. My kids did too.

My son was almost born prematurely and probably would have died, but he made it to 36 weeks and is now a FAT, healthy one year old. Once he was born and we thought we were in the clear, we were told he had a disease that would have caused his early death. IT WAS A FALSE ALARM. I literally thank God DAILY for that. I cannot believe how much my children mean to me, and I now know what it is like to potentially have a sick baby. I took for granted the two healthy babies I had previously. Never again.

I am so blessed with my job. Yes, I worked VERY hard to get where I am, but so have many others. I have a job that pays me well, gives my family insurance so we are able to see doctors and remain healthy, and allows me time to spend with my family on top of it all.

I have a husband who may not clean and he may leave his socks around the house, but man is he loyal, hard working, loving, honest and a GOOD man. He is always on my side, no matter what. He would NEVER leave his family behind and will always fight for what is right. It is an amazing feeling to know you always have someone in your corner, no matter what.

I am blessed because this year I was able to give like no one else (thanks Dave!) We are doing well financially due to much hard work and sacrifice on our end, so we were able to give to some folks who aren't having such a fortunate year. What a wonderful way to get in the Christmas spirit.

Thanks for this post.

Thank you for this question :). I needed it today.

See my earlier post on learning how to say no to my family...who I love dearly. I don't want to "screw them" as I wrote in my post, but I need to find a way to tell them it is hurtful that they never reciprocate when I feel I give constantly.

But I am blessed with a great family (most of the time) and amazing children and husband. While I'm overweight, I'm healthy - no other issues than weight. I have a great support system for when things get bad. Everyone in my family is healthy.

Both of my sisters are engaged to be married, and my husband and I are in the very beginning stages of thinking of our vow renewal in 2014. We'll finally get our honeymoon!

Of all of the times that are tough, it's very easy to get lost in the bad things.

Sometimes it takes a swift kick to remember to count our blessings :).

I am blessed in so many ways! I, too, was reminded of this when hubby called me this morning and said he talkeds to the husband of the couple who were our witnesses at our wedding and said the wife is having major health issues right now. I bet they don't care what they are getting for Christmas, just thankful that she's still here for the holiday.

I have a hardworking husband that when not working, spends all his time with us. I can work from home at an easy job that allows me to spend time with the kids when they are home, I have 3 kids that I love deeply, although we rent, we live in a nice home in a nice neighborhood, we drive cars that run (most of the time), we have aches and pains but am thankful for no major illnesses, and we have friends and family that love and care about us. We are blessed in many, many ways. =)

It hit me the other day, while having a discussion that some good has come out of all the economic troubles. I feel like people are more open, about the good and the bad. If someone needs help, maybe they'll ask, or maybe someone will notice and offer. I feel like I see more of this than I did before everything went all crumbly.

Conversely, when good happens, people seem so much more ready to celebrate each other's good fortune.

I know hard times are still around many of us, but if we have re-learned Honesty and Compassion from all this, then we're all more blessed for it.

My husband is out working for our money. My teen boys are healthy and home and safe in bed. My parents are alive and well. We have heat, food, cars, and a roof over our heads. Our neighborhood is quiet and safe. We have enough money to buy groceries, pay rent and pay our bills this month. My son is being recruited by several great colleges and is eligible for lots of scholarship money for both academics and athletics. My younger son is developing an amazing talent in art. No one is sick or in trouble. Everybody gets a Christmas present this year. So, yes, big blessings and little blessings all around. Definitely have some problems, but the blessings are there!

I love it! I too have been trying to take a different, more positive approach to life in general. I am at a job that bums me out, but the pay is good and it'll do until the next opportunity presents itself. So there is one! I am also so imcredibly blessed to have the husband I do, the DD we have and the roof over our heads.

But most importantly, that I have breath in my lungs. How many of us set the alarm at night and just simply expect that we will hear it go off the next day? Sadly, how many people don't make it there? I thank God for each day that I am blessed with simply waking up. Without that, the husand, dd, roof etc means nothing. Just another thing to realize really is a blessing and we should be thankful for it.

Fabulous question K.R. and thanks for reminidng us of what is great in this world!

Same as you. Family, friends, physical/mental health, financial security. Its so easy to get lost in the day to day stuff of ups and downs but at the end of the day, when I stop to think about it, I realize how incredibly blessed I am. God bless you and yours as well :)