"If you cannot be grateful for what you have received, then be thankful for what you have been spared." (Yiddish proverb)
If you are often conscious of what's wrong in your life, post this proverb in a prominent place and reflect on what you have been spared:
- If you do not have serious health problems, are you grateful for your good health?
- If your children do not suffer from special, and perhaps untreatable, conditions, are you grateful for that, or do you take your children's well-being for granted?
- If you have enough money to provide for your family's basic needs, do you, nonetheless, often focus on what you lack?
