Reflect upon your present blessings - of which every man has many - not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- The speaker advises focusing on current blessings rather than past misfortunes.
- In plain terms
- Be thankful for what you have now instead of what you lost.
- What can you take from it?
- Gratitude improves perspective.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Does gratitude help in pain?
- How do we balance past and present?
Another view
Past pain is valid and should not be ignored.
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