Blessed and Blighted

“We're all blessed and we're all blighted, Chief Inspector," said Finney. "Everyday each of us does our sums. The question is, what do we count?”

                              Louise Penny, A Rule Against Murder

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What count matters

We can count all kinds of things

Money (which comes and goes)

Hurts (they only grow)

Problems (if you look for them you’ll find them)

Those things we count pull our energy

And if we count the wrong things we are soon

Depleted

Angry

And (of course), afraid

All we can see is evil

But there is evil, and there is good

And there is hate, and there is love

There are wonderful things we can count

And when we count what is good

When we count the things for which we are grateful

Winter mornings

Birds on the wing

Deer wandering through the snow

Cats sleeping on our laps

A favored dog asleep at our feed

The smile of children

Acts of kindness

When our energy goes into what is good

The Good grows

Gains energy

And ultimately

Love wins

(Don’t overcome evil with evil, overcome evil with good)