Count Your Blessings

     Count your blessings instead of your crosses;
     Count your gains instead of your losses.

     Count your joys instead of your woes;
     Count your friends instead of your foes.

     Count your smiles instead of your tears;
     Count your courage instead of your fears.

     Count your full years instead of your lean;
     Count your kind deeds instead of your mean.

     Count your health instead of your wealth;
     Love your neighbor as much as yourself.

                       -- author unknown