The French journalist and novelist Alphonse Karr stated, “Some people are always grumbling because roses have thorns; I am thankful that thorns have roses.”
Thank goodness for things that bug us
Dad, this one is for you and the entire family. We suppose it’s human nature to bellyache about the things that annoy us. It’s probably not quite as automatic for us to consider the upside to some of those annoyances. Thank goodness for those traffic lights, even though they always seem to turn red when I’m approaching and in a hurry. Hooray for that alarm clock, even though it goes off much too soon in the morning. How grateful I am for finally going to the doctor to check out that nagging pain in my chest. Ouch, those medical bills! But where would I be without them? Or would I be at all?
How blessed we are
We interrupt this program for this special news bulletin: An earthquake has claimed 600 lives in Nepal.