Do you miss seeing the bigger gifts of life?

Hi What you say is correct. My policy is I always see the people who are in the lower rank than me and not in the upper rank. I think instead of looking at the sky and repent for not fortunate enough to travel by plane like those who are travelling in it, it is better to look down and see the people who are struggling to get one meal a day and think that atleast I am getting two full meals a day

Very true Vijayanths! I believe in seeing the positive things in life and my comment would have been exactly similar to yours [about the lack of shoes ].I hate cribbing of any sort and am always thankful for all the gifts I have.

You buy many eatables to the child. Still if you fail to get one chocolate to that child, he will say oh! you did not get that for me. But the child will know in it's inner heart that you are getting everything for it. Since it has got a right with you to ask any wish, it will ask. Like that, we too being God's children, ask him many things. We feel we are his children and whomelse we can ask? But God will ultimately know what to give us and what not.

Good subject! We should always focus on the positive things that we have. That will keep us happy and optimistic. If we focus on the negative things then we will lose our joy and not enjoy the good things that are all around us.

Hi vijayanths, I already told you I fight with god, as if he was somebody my age. LOL. So I am always nagging him, blackmailing him, if you do this, I will do this. Why should I do this, did you do this for me, and so on and so forth. :) So I cant be a not so complaining person. :) But at home, I have very few complaints. :)

I always tries to react positive to any incident. Believe me that is really very pain full. But still I tries to manage my pain and keep on following the +ve path.

People are people and they are never satisfied with life. I am too complained, I don't see the blessing I received everyday, I complain because I don't see what I want. And there are so many things I want in life, which all of it are hard to achieved this days. People have to learn humility. There are things that are for us and not for us, if it is for us , it is destined for us it will be possible to happen for us, but some of us do not accept that. I include on that person who can't accept. What I want , I want to have it, eventhough I always failed. Because of these reasons we are blinded. We don't see the good things coming that is for us, but we long for what we need and we get far. I guess we need to accept and be humble in life. And stop for a moment to thank God for the blessings he showered on us.

Yes I totally agree. Everyone has their own little worries that tend to seem big or unsurmountable. However, when faced with news like the disaster that has hit the poor Haitians recently... all these personal troubles just seem small and insignificant. there are people who have lost loved ones suddenly, and yesterday on the news there was a boy standing in front of some rubble, saying 'this was my father's house' and another man beside him saying 'we can hear someone who is still trapped inside, but we don't have a ladder to get him out'... all i can do at these times is to pray. to pray that God has mercy, and sends someone to help them fast. the first 72 hours are the most critical in situations like this, and international aid is pouring in but hopefully fast enough. and I also pray that there will be direct channelling of help where it should go, and there will be no corruption and misuse of funds from well meaning donors.

For me, the "biggest" things in life are the everyday blessings: a roof over ones head, love, the sounds of the birds, enough to eat...and a pair of shoes without holes in them. Most of us do not have fame and wealth, and yet are very content! And we realize that we are so blessed, so fortunate, compared to so many who suffer loss or lack the basic essentials in life every day. Karen

hi vijay, you are so right! i can't say much about such people, after all the things and comfort they have in their life all they want is for more and small things bug them as if there is a no tomorrow, i am not saying i am perfect, even i complain for silly things at times .. even the crumbs left on the table, we should not waste food! one of the most essential parts of our lives, there are millions out there who don't get to eat properly and here we are just getting 'overfed' .. same thing with water too, we should not waste it.. some people are just so selfish to just think about themselves and not think about the people suffering, a small dirt on their nicely polished shoes get them upset uff . . cut the power supply to their house for a day and they would call the government

yes,you are right . health and wealth are important for us when we have health .I only want to be rich when we are not healthy . we are worried about it

Hi vijayanths, we all know that we humans have a insatiable thirst for more wealth, more health and more everything, and this is where problems starts cropping up.Look at an example, like someone who is poor and needs some clothings to keep himself warm in the cold weather and if someone were to give him the much neede clothes he'll be happy for sometime, but after 2-3 days he'll start complaining that his feet is always cold, so he needs a pair of shoes to keep his totsies warm and so on. So in my opinion, one will never be satisfied with what he has, whether he's a rich man or a poor chap. Thank you.