Counting Blessings After A Late Lunch

Had a late lunch today at 4 plus. Was feeling very hungry but at the same time feeling very thankful for the blessings that I have:

1. To have a warm plate of food served when I was very hungry, to experience the state of hunger once in a long while, unlike the people who are dying of hunger everyday in other parts of the world.

2. To have money to pay for my food when some people are going hungry and struggling to fulfill their basic needs, there are people who go around eating leftovers and elderly earning just few dollars a day.

3. To be able to find food in the vicinity, unlike some countries where you need to drive hours just to find a place to buy groceries.

4. To have the health to eat normally, to be able to choose and enjoy what I want to eat, where there are people who have to be fed through tube or have strict diet to follow or simply have no appetite at all due to treatment/ illness.

We sometimes take all the blessings we have for granted, as though they are entitlements, and then go find other reasons to be unhappy and make ourselves feel sucky about living in Singapore. The negativity is all around and it is easy to get sucked into the cycle of complaining, resentment and unhappiness.

Just like when the haze comes, we then realise that having clean air is not an entitlement, but a blessing. Let's be thankful for what we have, only then will we truly be happy.