Count Your Blessings ...

1. As we usher into the new year, here are a few blessings we have taken for granted:-

1. Am I getting three meals a day? Yes.

About 75 Crores sleep hungry every day. 

2. Do I have enough money to take care of my necessities? Yes.

About 25 Crore Indians live in acute poverty.

3. Do I have the support of my friends and family? Yes.

About 15 Crore children worldwide are orphans and about 5 crore adults are without spouses or children.

4. Am I living in a free society? Yes.

About 59 of the 195 countries are “Not-Free” countries with limited political rights and civil liberties. 

5. Am I living under the sky without shelter? No.

Footpath is home to many.

6. Am I or my children still jobless? No.

About 5 Crores are unemployed in India. 

2. And a few blessings we never imagined:-

1. Am I or my family member suffering from a chronic disease like cancer? No.

About two crore cancer cases are detected every year and about one Crore deaths worldwide. 

The trauma, agony, and pain.

2. Am I or my family member is bed-ridden? No.

Sheer helplessness.  

3. Are my children mentally or physically challenged? No.

About 24 Crore children live under Intellectual Disability (ID). 

This is not suffering. This is living through hell every moment.

4. Are my children living under the influence of alcohol or drug? No.

Mental torture.

3. And the ultimate blessings, we never counted:-

1. Am I still alive today?

Kicking.

2. What do I have that many do not have?

A long list.

3. Haven’t I received more than what I deserve? 

Absolutely.