You can add up your blessings or add up your troubles. Either way, you'll find you have an abundance.

When I count my blessings, I find you in every one.

There are in this world ample reasons to be sad and disheartened, discouraged and fearful. But there are as many reasons not to be.

There are still blue skies and rainbows and days bathed in sunlight. There are colorful shade trees filled with sweet bird songs. And there are wishing stars in the heavens as well as angels in God's service. So lift up your eyes. Refuse to be unhappy.

Some blessings do not look like blessings initially, but later you realize you are in fact better off the way things turned out.

The road to happiness starts with a deep breath and an awareness of the many blessings tied to that single breath.

Find much to be grateful for in every day. Doing so will not only enrich your life, it will bless those around you in ways you may never know.

What are you most thankful for?” she asked.My reply came easily. “Being too blessed to have any hope of answering that question.

Happiness isn't complicated. It is a humble state of gratitude for simple pleasures, tender mercies, recognized blessings, and inherent beauty.