Everything looks good … for someone your age

“Count your blessings, name them one by one; count your many blessings, see what God hath done.”

— 1897 church hymn

I am blessed. The Oxford English Dictionary defines blessings as “God’s favor and protection.” A good friend and mentor once defined blessings as family, friends, shelter, never going to bed hungry, health and happiness. That same person, who knew wealth, said, “Money and material things are not blessings; just yardsticks for those who foolishly think they are.”