Do you know how blessed you are?

Do you know how blessed you are? Have you acknowledged the many blessings in your life? Do you know that there are many children who have nobody to take care of them in this world? Have you heard that there are some children who have no parents, and no home? You have been blessed with loving parents and a beautiful home. You have a darling little brother who needs your love.

You live in comfort. You have all that you want. If you need something, your parents will satisfy your desire. If you hurt yourself, they will rush to your aid, and provide you the best medical care.

A child is the greatest joy for a parent. I know that because I have no child. I know what I am missing when I see you. A person may make a lot of money, have many houses, and possess all the wonderful things that money can buy. Yet all the possessions in the world cannot match the precious gift of a child, a child of one’s own.

You are your parent's greatest joy. Similarly, your greatest joy should be your parents. You too may achieve and acquire everything that is within your grasp. Yet nothing in this world will match the love of your parents. What they feel for you is something that no one else can ever feel.

Give thanks for the greatest gift, the love of those who brought you into this world. Give thanks for all the gifts that you have been freely given. Acknowledge the Giver of all gifts. Thank Him. He lives within you. He waits for you to speak to Him. There will be a smile on His lips when you whisper your thanks, with all of your heart and mind and might.

Learn to give. If you have a lot, give some of it to a child who does not have much. Let your giving be motivated purely by love, and by nothing else. Your deprived brothers and sisters deserve nothing less than that. And when you give something away, you will discover that the one who lives within you will give you even more. Go, celebrate your life. You, my child, have been blessed.

Samuel Godfrey George