APAD: Count one's blessings


The idiom "Count one's blessings" means to reflect on the good things in one's life and be grateful and appreciate what one has, or one’s good fortune.

This Pollyanna-like phrase is often used to help avoid worrying about what one lacks or one’s bad luck. (Note: Pollyanna, a children’s book from the early 1900s by Eleanor H. Porter, is the story of an orphan girl who remains resolutely cheerful and sweet-tempered in the face of considerable adversity).  A modern version of the cliché is think positive.

https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/count+one%27s+blessings with editing
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No one has a perfect life, and I do count my blessings each and every day.  Below is a peaceful song with the same title, just my own "God" is Mother Nature(== 大自然)who gives lives to all, human animals included. 得意

Have a blessed Sunday!

 

 

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In the season of thanksgiving, let's count our blessings, -JoyAnna.- 给 JoyAnna. 发送悄悄话 JoyAnna. 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 11/30/2025 postreply 12:00:09

and always stay joyful ~ ~ -JoyAnna.- 给 JoyAnna. 发送悄悄话 JoyAnna. 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 11/30/2025 postreply 12:01:14

4 Sure! Holidays or regular days, good or bad times, even @ -最西边的岛上- 给 最西边的岛上 发送悄悄话 最西边的岛上 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 11/30/2025 postreply 12:10:58

the darkestHours,always count blessings&cherish ourExistence -最西边的岛上- 给 最西边的岛上 发送悄悄话 最西边的岛上 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 11/30/2025 postreply 12:14:47

Cannot agree more ~ ~ -JoyAnna.- 给 JoyAnna. 发送悄悄话 JoyAnna. 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 11/30/2025 postreply 12:39:31

meanwhile honor the sufferings for they truly teach. -7grizzly- 给 7grizzly 发送悄悄话 7grizzly 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 11/30/2025 postreply 12:41:14

嗯嗯,失败是成功的妈妈,苦难是爸爸吗?lol -JoyAnna.- 给 JoyAnna. 发送悄悄话 JoyAnna. 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 11/30/2025 postreply 12:44:57

No, suffering is the maternal grandma ;-) -最西边的岛上- 给 最西边的岛上 发送悄悄话 最西边的岛上 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 11/30/2025 postreply 12:52:28

+1000! 4 what they helped us 2see&2 understand selves&others -最西边的岛上- 给 最西边的岛上 发送悄悄话 最西边的岛上 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 11/30/2025 postreply 12:49:27

upon counting my blessings I felt I owed the world a living -移花接木- 给 移花接木 发送悄悄话 移花接木 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 11/30/2025 postreply 13:17:57

Don’t we all? :-) Always feel s/o up there helping me. Amen! -最西边的岛上- 给 最西边的岛上 发送悄悄话 最西边的岛上 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 11/30/2025 postreply 13:28:47

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