When all you can see on your plate is what you don't like...

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We were sitting at dinner tonight. Jackson wasn't liking something I put on his plate. At that moment he couldn't see the things on his plate that he liked. I commented on this and mom said, "We all do that. When something is going wrong in our lives, we can't see what is going right so everything in our life seems bad." It is so true. When life happens all you can see is what is going wrong. I guess that is why we are told to count our blessings.

Pete bought me a framed thought for Christmas. It said - "We should certainly count our blessings, but we should also make our blessings count." - Neal A. Maxwell

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Damien and Ashley said…
That is such a good quote! And one I need reminded of often! Thanks for posting it!
February 6, 2012 at 7:31 AM
Rebekah said…
so true... I think we also see ONLY the good things on everyone else's plate - not realizing that they, too, have brussel sprouts they need to choke down.
February 8, 2012 at 10:24 AM
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