Remember What's Important

Many times people say;

Count your blessings.

I have received this in my e-mail countless time. So many to the point I delete it because I have already memorized the story. Surprising how it turns out to be an inspiration drive for me.

~God's Boxes~

I have in my hands two boxes
Which God gave me to hold.
He said, "Put all your sorrows in the black box
And all your joys in the gold."

I heeded His words, and in the two boxes
Both my joys and sorrows I stored.
But though the gold became heavier each day
The black was as light as before.

With curiosity I opened the black
I wanted to find out why.
And I saw, in the base of the box, a hole
Which my sorrows had fallen out by.

I showed the hole to God, and mused
"I wonder where my sorrows could be."
He smiled a gentle smile and said
"My child, they're all here with me."

I asked God why He gave me the boxes
Why the gold, and the black with the hole?
"My child, the gold is for you to count your blessings
The black is for you to let go."


--Author Unknown--

The world is full of hatred and anger all around. One of the main reasons why people fight, crime increases and wars break out.

All people need to do is exercise the teaching in the story.

Instead of keeping hatred or vengeance in their hearts, people should instead count their blessings and be happy with what they got.

Being angry or unhappy about what you DIDN'T have wont make you happy, in fact, it makes you all the more unhappy.

When we start to remember everything bad that happens to us, we become bad. If we remember everything good that happens to us, we become good. That's because we become thankful for what we already have and don't ask for what we couldn't have.

Think of blessings instead of sins. Be thankful for what others have blessed us and forget the sins against us.