Simply Tay's : Counting Your Blessings

"Our anxiety does not come from thinking about the future, but from wanting to control it."

Why worry though? Recently I've had a run of good luck (knock on wood). I can't possibly begin to explain it either. I recently just quit my job at a dry cleaners and felt nothing but relief afterwards. It was as if a weight had been lifted from my shoulders, and it had. I've felt like a whole new person and it's only been a week. Then my roommate and I were handed tickets to see Zac Brown Band at the Civic Center here in Tallahassee. We also found out we were possible contenders to win tickets to a Kenny Chesney concert during spring break. Not to mention I found a penny heads up in the parking lot today. I'm feeling lucky, even if all of that doesn't count.

Did I mention I'm Irish? That's why I consider it luck, my thought process is a little like this "Well, I'm Irish, so it all must be luck."

But in reality it's all one blessing after another. I betcha that penny was God having a little fun.

I'm not lucky. I'm Blessed.

It's a hard concept for me though. I've grown up with such a comfortable life, and blinded by my own arrogance, I never saw all the blessings before me. Yes, I did give the proper recognition to some of them. But not all of the one's that are deserving.

Most ironically one of my favorite songs is "Counting your Blessings" sung by Bing Crosby in the Christmas classic "White Christmas."

Count your blessings, okay, I can do that.

And so I have. My journal currently holds three pages of things I'd consider blessings. Yes, indoor plumbing happens to be on it, along with electricity.

I wanna challenge any one who views this post today/tomorrow/anytime, to make a list of every blessing you can possibly concoct. It has given me a new perspective on everything, and it is my hope that it would do the same for you, the reader.

My number one blessing was my family, I'm the redhead. This picture is over a year old, but it's my favorite family picture, mostly because it's the only one that we didn't do fifty takes to get. It was spontaneous and the smiles are natural.

secondly, I'm thankful for siblings I can be silly with. These are my two sisters, Morgan (brunet) and Josie (blonde). My brother is featured at the bottom of the post.