Count Your Blessings or Have Someone Do it for You

I wrote that title "tongue in cheek" after running across a quote from a favorite Hollywood actress Teri Garr, who joked in her book Speedbumps (in which she recalls her Hollywood film and life experiences), "I really do count my blessings. At least I used to; now I get so tired, I have a woman come in once a week and count them for me."

Actually, the point Teri goes on to make is that she greatly improved her life when she found ways to slow down each day and experience simple aspects of life more consciously. Read a little Eckhardt Tolle or most any consciousness writer about being present and grateful.

A wonderful little exercise is to simply stop for 10 minutes and make a list (mental or on paper) of everything you can think of for which you are grateful. Count your blessings and then watch the change in your experience of the rest of your day.