What Would you Consider Your Greatest Blessing in Life?

@josie_ (10032)
Philippines
February 24, 2017 9:24pm CST
A Gallop poll list show what people consider important in their life 1. Family _96% 2. Health _90% 3. Work _73% 4. Friends _70% 5. Money _67% 6. Religion _65% Relationship, health, wealth and the means to acquire it are aspects of life where you find people are most grateful for. With religion, one can look at it in two ways. There are those who consider their religion to be the cause of their life's blessing. Then there are those who use religion as a means of introspection, a self-contemplation of their thoughts and desire. A sort of "morality" road map. Few if any will consider misfortune as a blessing. Here is a comment I read in another forum about gratitude I want to share. "This may sound strange, but going blind has been my greatest blessing. Before I went blind I just took everything for granted. Taking away just this one sense has made me more aware of living life to the full. Take opportunities when you can, regard success and failure as two sides of the same coin, with no more power than you give them. Some blessings can seem to be bad things, to some, but going blind has given me the chance to accept life for all it offers." After reading his comment, have you REconsider what your greatest blessing in life is? Image: Pixabay
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@AliCanary (3249)
25 Feb 17
My greatest blessing is my dearest husband. I think misfortune could be a blessing, if you are able to learn a valuable lesson from it. As the saying goes, "Experience is what you get when you didn't get what you wanted."
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@josie_ (10032)
• Philippines
25 Feb 17
@AliCanary _Like the quote. Some misfortunes are really blessing in disguise.
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@Happy2BeMe (99380)
• Canada
25 Feb 17
Definitely my family
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@josie_ (10032)
• Philippines
25 Feb 17
@Happy2BeMe _Me too.
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@Happy2BeMe (99380)
• Canada
25 Feb 17
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@dpk262006 (58678)
• Delhi, India
25 Feb 17
My family including my parents.
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@dpk262006 (58678)
• Delhi, India
27 Feb 17
@josie_ Yes, you are very right.
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@josie_ (10032)
• Philippines
27 Feb 17
@dpk262006 _It is ingrain in our Asian culture and tradition this deep respect for our parents.
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@LadyDuck (471969)
• Switzerland
25 Feb 17
Surely my health and I will place my family second.
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@LadyDuck (471969)
• Switzerland
27 Feb 17
@josie_ I am sure this is a common case, I am glad that it's not my case, I live with my husband in a different country.
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@josie_ (10032)
• Philippines
27 Feb 17
@LadyDuck _Some people's health deteriorate because of family...too much stress.
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@DianneN (247186)
• United States
25 Feb 17
I still consider my family my greatest blessing.
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@DianneN (247186)
• United States
25 Feb 17
@josie_ The same could be said for friends, too.
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@josie_ (10032)
• Philippines
25 Feb 17
@DianneN _Not all are lucky to have a caring family.
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@Kandae11 (55131)
25 Feb 17
I would consider good health my greatest blessing.
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@josie_ (10032)
• Philippines
25 Feb 17
@Kandae11 _As the saying goes, "health is wealth"
@allknowing (137552)
• India
25 Feb 17
I would say a combination of all those factors. I do not think life would be great if I had no money and then again a supportive family is a must. What is wealth if one has no health. Imagine bickering over a job that is not satisfying and again a friendless life is not worth living. Religion did help me to know the difference between what is right and what is wrong.
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@josie_ (10032)
• Philippines
27 Feb 17
@allknowing _Very insightful thought. All those mention in the list are components that make up a happy well adjusted life. Some aspects are just given more importance depending on the person's circumstance at the moment.
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@Tampa_girl7 (50580)
• United States
28 Feb 17
My greatest blessing may perhaps be that I exist to enjoy my family and life
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@josie_ (10032)
• Philippines
28 Feb 17
@Tampa_girl7 _Life is a gift but we need to appreciate it before it can be considered a blessing.
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• United States
27 Feb 17
I'm not sure what I would consider my GREATEST blessing... I appreciate every good thing in my life and they are all equally important to me. :-)
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@josie_ (10032)
• Philippines
28 Feb 17
@missjessicadawn _You have a very positive attitude towards life.
@gnatsmom (2560)
5 Nov 17
definitely my faith