The 54th Deadline: Count Your Blessings

Count your blessings. Every single day.

Not everyone has good health.

Not everyone has the luxury to do this or that.

Not everyone even has family left to turn to when the going gets tough.

Count your blessings.

Every day.

For me, I have been a selfish person in plenty of regards. I think about myself and only myself when the bratty attitude pops up. I start feeling entitled like the world owes me something.

In reality, I need to take a big bite out of the humble pie and just chill out. Life does not revolve around me. So with this in mind, I need to be more down to earth and realize it is a privilege to be able to live.

Yes, being alive is a privilege. It is our duty as people to make the most of it while we still inhabit this planet. We get too caught up in being jealous of others, wanting things we just want for the mere sake of it.

Appreciate What You Have
 Sure, it is great to be ambitious. No one can deny that we should strive to acquire more things to better our lives.

At the same time, you have to appreciate what you currently have in your life.

For me, I know I get so darn fixated and obsessed with random aspects I don’t have — to the point of forgetting about my actual blessings.

Shelter.

A job.

A vehicle.

And so forth.

Is all of this by means completely perfect? No, it is not. But this is OK to some degree. At least, without a shadow of a doubt, I can say I have more than what others have.

This ongoing process of improving my life also entails learning to enjoy what I do have to my name. So when I can build up what I have, everything else will still be important to me. We take things for granted as a bad habit.

Perhaps the most difficult thing about it for me just stems from my wish to do more for others. In particular, I guess I feel indebted to “give back” to certain amazing people who came and went.

Things happen. People move on, but I will never forget what some certain individuals have done for me. I may sound a tad melodramatic and all. Truthfully, I probably would be dead by now (at least on the inside) if these particular people left me high and dry.

So again, count your blessings.

Each day.

Never forget that what you have is a gift.

“Hope is my catalyst.” — Nhan Fiction Pham