count your blessings. . .  
 
The following is something to ponder:

If you have food in the refrigerator,
clothes on your back, a roof overhead and a place to
sleep ... you are richer than 75% of this world.

If you have money in the bank, in your wallet,
and spare change in a dish someplace ... you are among
the top 8% of the world's wealthy.

If you woke up this morning with more
health than illness ... you are more blessed than the
million who will not survive this week.

If you have never experienced the danger of
battle, the loneliness of imprisonment, the agony of
torture, or the pangs of starvation...  you
are ahead of 500 million people in the world.

If you can attend a church meeting without fear
of harassment, arrest, torture, or death ... you are
more blessed than three billion people in the world.

If your parents are still alive and still married ...
you are very rare, even in the United States.

If you hold up your head with a smile on your face and
are truly thankful... you are blessed because the
majority can, but most do not.

If you can hold someone's hand, hug them or even touch
them on the shoulder... you are blessed because you
can offer healing touch.

If you can read this message, you just received
a double blessing in that someone was thinking of you,
and furthermore,you are more blessed than
over two billion people in the world
that cannot read at all.


Have a good day, count your blessings, and pass this
along to remind everyone else how blessed we all are.