Count Your Blessings.wmv

I do get some of the most interesting emails and this morning I could not resist this one as it comes from an old friend that is from Japan.

In 1942, Irving Berlin wrote a charming little song titled "Count Your Blessings (Instead of Sheep)." In it he advises that worry and sleeplessness can be diminished by replacing your lists of worries with a list of the good things in your life. It sounds cute and simplistic. But it's actually a valid technique. First of all, you displace a litany of negative with a litany of positivity. Second, counting your blessings elicits feelings of gratitude. Feelings of gratitude, in turn, elicit feelings of hope, courage and trust.