Count Your Blessings!!

Count your blessings !! 

What does "Count your blessings" really mean to all of us?

What does "Count your blessings" mean to you?
Your happiness ? Goals accomplished ? A good health report ? A positive work experience? Love ? Support ? Your pet ?

Let me tell you what it means to me!!

I am only human so at times I feel sorry for myself as we all do.
But then I think I need to "Count my blessings". These are my blessings.. 

My Health, I am healthy enough to enjoy the warm Florida sunshine, the love of my family and all my pets both furry and feathered. On my own, at my own will, I do not need help from others to do all of these things.

My Goals, I have my mind and body, enough of both to set and achieve goals.Again, I am only human and sometimes I set goals and do not achieve them but either way I am blessed enough to be able to do both.

Ability to work, We all have the dreams about being rich and not working for others. But how about being blessed enough to have the physical ability to work. So many people are born with restrictions which prevent them from working. And even worse some are stripped of the ability to work and earn. In this area I am blessed also, in my 46 years I have been blessed with the mind and the physical ability to work and achieve.

The blessing of loving a wonderful man and being loved back, He has been by my side through both the kids cancer and now we are going to grow old together in our home we recently purchased in beautiful Florida.. Blessed?? Heck Yes!!

Loving and Nurturing a pet, We have 4 awesome Chihuahuas, a cat, and 11 chickens, 5 new baby chicks, and 2 baby ducks. We love them and the rewards of the love we get in return is amazing, unconditional love from my dogs and cat. And the chickens clean up the yard and give us breakfast everyday..

Family & Friends, I have been blessed to be surrounded by some of the most amazing parents (God I love my Mom she is the best & Dad in heaven <3) and siblings ( I love you Deb, Dale and Daryl) and in-laws that make me feel like a true Schell ( Doug, Brenda, Rod, Renee and Gary I love you and your families so much) Lets not forget my mother-in-law who is one of a kind ( the perfect mother hen, always there to support and protect her babies).. Lastly how many of you can say you still have your best friend in your life who you have known since you were 15? I can and still do, Renee I love you with all my heart..and of coarse my babies Rachel and Nate, This Momma counts her blessings everyday for having these 2 awesome kids !!

So am I blessed and do I count my blessings?? YES EVERYDAY !!  I am very blessed through all the sadness, sickness and stresses in life, I am absolutely and positively one of the most blessed people in the world and I know it !!. All of the above paragraphs are just a few of the many blessings I have in my life, I could keep going and almost write a book !! Oh wait I am writing a book..lol

I started this blog this morning not knowing if it was going to be a good one. As I started my blog this morning my mom sent me a text to say "Feeling blessed and better today" My mom doesn't say the word blessed in texts to much so I took it as a sign. Next sign, I was at the grocery store and there was a bumper sticker on an old beat up car that said "Blessed beyond belief". Not knowing the story, I am sure these folks were blessed to have a car to get them to the grocery store!! and the last sign came at dinner, Dan and I were hungry so we hit up the local Chinese Buffet and at the next booth a lady and her husband were seated about 1/2 way through our meal and she was wearing a shirt that said "Blessed 1"  It was all proof enough that this should be my blog !! 

I challenge all of you to find your happiness, count your blessings, live life looking for the gratefulness in your heart,and the love and support in others. I challenge you to cast the net of hope over the positive and shy away from the negative.. 
Because you can not be grateful and negative at the same time..

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What does "Count your blessings" mean to you?
Your happiness ? Goals accomplished ? A good health report ? A positive work experience? Love ? Support ? Your pet ?