"May the New Year be filled with blessings and miracles and may you
always have the wisdom to recognize them". For the past several years,
that has been my New Year’s wish and I don’t expect it to change any time soon.
One definition of a blessing is "something
fortunate". I don't care what your
religious beliefs are or if you have any, the fact is that life itself is a
miracle and that every day we have blessings. Every breath, every meal, every
time we go to sleep with a roof over our head, we are experiencing a blessing.
The great challenge for us is to be able to recognize how much our lives are
filled with blessings. Now that I look back over this past year, I see that my
life has been filled with blessings. Few people always have enough money in the
bank. Many of us have health conditions that provide us with a bundle of daily
challenges. Some people who live in the United States are surrounded by
violence, drive-by shootings, rioting, tornadoes, hurricanes and less than
perfect weather (I live in Southern California and will never complain about
the weather!). And yet, we make it home, safe and sound every single day and
that is a blessing.
If we made it through this past year, then we are blessed. If we have a
roof over our heads and food in our bellies then we are blessed. If we have
people in our lives to care about and people that care about us, then we are
blessed. And if we can sit down at the end of the day and begin to recognize
how blessed or fortunate we are, then we are extremely blessed.
My hope is that I, and all of you will have the wisdom
to recognize all of the blessings that fill our lives every single day. Happy
New Year.
