Camouflaged Blessings

      We have so many blessings all around us, but how often do we stop to recognize them, even just for a fleeting moment? Usually when we are in uplifting positive moods and things just seem to be going so smoothly we easily see them and, I think, for the most part, give thanks for them, in our own quiet and/or verbal ways. But how about those times when we seem surrounded with trials and torments and darkness? Do we look for the blessings then? Granted, they are usually harder to recognize because of how we are feeling, but there are so many that are still there. And when we are in those dark times of our lives is when we really need to recognize those blessings because they can add even just a spark of light. And the more we recognize and appreciate them, the light within us increases and we can pull through even the darkest of times because the "attitude of gratitude" lit the way. Easy? Never!! Worth it? A million times over! I know many people that, like me, when down in the dumps, review all the bad things they have ever done or the good things they should have done. Sometimes it is good to review these things, BUT only if we learn from them, and again, recognize how blessed we are to have gotten past them and been able to move further up the road and closer to the eternal light. So when those blasted rotten times are trying to tear you down, take the time to see the camouflaged blessings that can light  enough little flames within you to light your way onward and upward!!!