Can you imagine what it would be like to not have the things you should be grateful for? It’s difficult, but let’s try.

Imagine you’re in a nursing home (Heaven forbid), confined to a bed with tubes and catheters stuck inside you because you can’t move, see, hear or speak – and no one visits you, ever! You’re in a dark place, all alone, immovable, senseless, unable to have communication, and you can’t do anything about it.

Now imagine you’re in a Third World country, your stomach constantly aching because you are starving, hardly able to move since your limbs are weak from malnutrition, barely talking as your throat is raw from thirst, being naked and ashamed since your last bit of clothing had worn away, and your only rest is under a tree, hoping a carnivore won’t attack you during your sleep.

So now is a good time to appreciate and enjoy all you have. Give thanks, and be grateful for at least one person or thing in your life each day. If not for the Grace of God, you would not be where you are or have what you possess. Don’t forget how lucky and blessed you are to be in your situation, regardless of what’s going on in your life right now.