HOW BLESSED WE ARE

we are truly blessed with eyes to see and enjoy the blue sky,the velvety clouds and colorful flowers. Ears to hear the birds chirping,the water gushing down a stream and sound of rain falling on earth. Nose to smell the flowers and teeth to chew the wonderful delicacies. But its only when something wrong happens to them that we analyse their importance and become aware of the blessings. As a Buddhist monk thick nath hann writes "when i have a toothache , I realize that not to have a toothache is its self a blessing. But even when I don't have a toothache I am not happy! why is it so? This is true .Often our focus is not on what we have but on what we lack.We don't think'how blessed we are '.Instead , we brood over how miserable we are. we never seethe beauty of life. Instead, we see only its blemishes. Once there was a doctor who lost his eyesight.This doctor had a minor problem but applied the wrong medicine and slowly he lost his eyesight. The doctor said "if i can regain my eyesight it will be like being in paradise!"Now if we follow the yardstick of this doctor ,we are all in paradise now. Without even being aware of it ,we are! If we are able to remember that we have the gift of eyes And sight ,then we will always have peace,even in the midst of seemingly insolvable problems. We enjoy many blessings of life but never count them as we are inundated with so many problems every day. Often we lack the insight to realize that we are so very blessed by god in different ways.We are able to walk ,hear ,speak.But think of those who are bedridden or those are deaf and dumb without no fault of their's. So,are'nt we truly blessed?

Our life is not miserable as we often think it to be. It is more beautiful than we are aware of. Our life is like a beautiful rose. Let us see its beauty and it in with a smile.