Count your blessings

SUMMARY: A woman in church constantly complained about small inconveniences and was always in a bad mood. When the pastor visited her, she complained about pain in her arm. The pastor tried to cheer her up by reminding her of the many blessings in her life, such as her age, family, and home. The woman was surprised but ended up smiling and realizing that her pain was nothing compared to the many blessings in her life. The moral is to value the many blessings we have in life and not let small inconveniences bring us down.

An elderly woman who regularly attended the first church where I worked when I graduated from seminary, constantly complained and perceived the small inconveniences of life as if they were enormous tragedies. The slightest illness or disease managed to plunge her into a great depression. I went to visit her because she had a pain in her arm and I found her, as always, complaining and extremely distressed, sitting in a corner of his house. His face was clearly dejected. Trying to cheer her up, I greeted her with sympathy and affection and expressed my best wishes:

"Sister, you will have pain in your arm but you look very good, you have a long life ahead of you!"