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Count your blessings?

Blessings are best understood in the religious sense. Christians for example often say God bless me this, God bless me that. By that they mean to say, among other things, how grateful they are to God, who they want to remain on their side – to take care of them in future when things don’t go their way.

I am told that some Israelis ask their children to count their blessings daily, naming them one and all. That way, children will learn, among other things, to be grateful to this world.

Metaphorically speaking and in the common sense, blessings represent all the good things people do to you and for you, whether you deserve it. And by counting your blessings, you’re advised to understand and enjoy what you already have, rather than what you don’t have.

And that surely helps if you want to have happy thoughts, won’t it?

Whatever you do, don’t count your cash.

That is, don’t count on it. It won’t even help you get to sleep.

Alright, here are media examples of “count your blessings”:

1. Kevin Bacon doesn’t understand why people want a lot of money.

The ‘X-Men: First Class’ actor - who lost most of his savings to investor Bernard Madoff, who was jailed for 150 years in 2009 for his fraudulent schemes - slammed the “evil” of greed, admitting he can’t comprehend why some feel the need to surround themselves with unnecessary assets.