Jack’s Winning Words 7/30/14
“Reflect upon your present blessings—of which every man has many—not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.”  (Charles Dickens)  Dickens knew what it was like to live in “the best of times and in the worst of times.”  There are the bad days, but there are also the good days.  If we concentrate on the bad, that’s what we will see.  But if we look for the good, we can find it, even amongst the bad.  True?    ;-)  Jack

FROM HY YO SILVER:  True and fair.  A good message.====JACK:  A sense of balance is good for those who have to walk the tight rope...and for politicians, too.  In fact, it's good for all of us in our day to day dealings.

FROM TB IN MICHIGAN:  So True. There are a lot more good days than bad. Thank God. ====JACK:  There's always the good, if we choose to look for it.  Trouble is...we're often distracted by the bad which is saying, "Look at me!  Look at me!"

FROM TARMART REV:  (v) When upon life’s billows you are tempest-tossed. When you are discouraged, thinking all is lost, Count your many blessings, name them one by one. And it will surprise you what the Lord hath done.  (v) So, amid the conflict, whether great or small. Do not be discouraged, God is over all; Count your many blessings, angels will attend, Help and comfort give you to your journey’s end.  (Chorus) COUNT YOUR BLESSINGS, Name them one by one; Count your blessings, See what God hath done; Count your blessings, Name them one by one; Count your many blessings, See what God hath done. ====JACK:  It is interesting to know that the composer of this hymn, Jonathan Oatman, was a Methodist preacher, a store owner, an insurance man...and in his spare time wrote over 5000 other hymns.  Maybe as you sit there at Target, when the "business" is slow, you can try composing a few hymns.

FROM FACEBOOK LIZ:  Like====JACK:  Charles Dickens' "Christmas Carol" was a story of the good overcoming the bad.

FROM BLAZING OAKS:  Too True!  I like the comment made by author Terry Pratchett: "Your whole life passes in front of your eyes before you die. This is called LIVING."   Most of us are so blessed, if we but stop to "see" it!!  Have a blessed day today!====JACK:  The pebble in our shoe will often distract us from seeing that we have a shoe, a foot and feeling.

FROM BS IN ENGLAND:  Very true!====JACK:  Somtimes things written a long time ago have a way of remaining relevant.