How to count your blessings

[Astrid]

Sai Ram

dear brothers and sisters, to count our blessings is an adivice we often get and a most helpful means to change our outlook on life. Yet, how to do this, how to start most of all, is what we often find difficult when we're deeply involved in some problem. Yesternight I came across a very playful and easy way to begin ...

"Start by enjoying a pleasant walk. Ideally this should be outdoors but wheather conditions might force you to remain indoors. Alternatively you might drive to a shopping mall and walk under cover there.
While you are walking, look around and see how many things you can see that you are grateful for. You might be grateful for sunlight, the colours of fall, bookstores, automobiles, birds, grassy meadows and the laughter of children. Obviously, if you are walking around your home, you might come up with a different list. You might, for instance, give thanks for electric light, carpets, modern-day bathrooms, toothbrushes and comfortable beds. Naturally, the things you are grateful for need not be "things". You might give thanks for a warm smile, a gentle hand on your shoulder, a cooling breeze and the gurgling sound of a stream. See how many blessings you can come up with in the course of your walk. ..."

If you can spare no extra-time for a walk, do this on your way to and from work, while shopping, during lunch break ... whenever you're chanced. Let's make counting our blessings an integral part of our everyday lives.

And then, before we ask SAI of something, let's take a minute or two, to think of these blessings first and visualise them clearly and vividly before we ask for whatever we are in need of.

And over time it might likely happen, that we discover a few more [][][] on our faces ...

OM SAI RAM

Astrid

Quote taken from: Richard Webster, Communicating with the Archangel Gabriel for Inspiration and Reconciliation, Llewellyn, 2005

Restless was my heart till it found rest in THEE

[OmSaiRamNowOn]

Jai Sai Ram.

We all want happiness and dread the thought of rain.

When the sun fails to shine, we worry and complain.

We forget that HE above is infinitely wise,

and sometimes our ails are blessings in disguise.

For if we're always happy filled with sunshine and cheer,

our hearts would hold no mercy for others who shed tears.

So when trouble comes knocking, remember to stay strong.

Rainbows always follow the storm and dark clouds never stay long.

[Kavitaparna]

OM SRI SAI RAM

They are very nice posts by Sister Astrid ji and Anju ji. Baba bless them always.

Few more additions I wish to share here.

I feel , every human being - for that matter - every living being is blessed with umpteen number of experiences by the GOD (Baba) personally,  right from the time of birth till the final call is recieved.

Several such experiences pass on without being observed.

Many such experiences are either taken as a mere 'coincidence' , 'luck', 'chance', 'unknowingly', 'some how' etc.

Some of such experiences are not given any weightage at all whatever be the reason.

Even if few are identified as God's  presence / grace, they should be first co related to God, felt, remembered, meditated, valued and exercised upon so that every breath is filled with God.

Only then, the purpose of God in giving us such experiences gets served.
GOD has lots and lots of patience.

HE continues to give us experiences proving his being with us - next to us - within us - till HE succeeds.

JAI SAI RAM