Tag: count your blessings
The grass is always greener on the other side
Proverb: The grass is always greener on the other side As Christmas and the end of 2021 are fast approaching, our thoughts tend to turn toward what we desire. However, the grass is not always greener on the other side. There is a theory that the things we don’t have drive our behaviour. The grass…
Count your blessings
Phrase: Count your blessings The next time you’re feeling stressed out or a little depressed because it seems like the whole world is against you, count your blessings. In other words, try to be grateful for what you have because, as my father told me in one of his moments of clarity, “No matter how…
Hard done by
Idiom: Hard done by Probably many of us are feeling hard done by at the moment. With all of the travel limitations, cancelled plans and staying at home, it’s only natural to think that we’ve been mistreated. In the West, we’ve learned to love our freedom. Here we haven’t experienced any real hardship on a…
Young at heart
Phrase: Young at heart Have you ever noticed how the happiest people are the ones who maintain a positive attitude and remain young at heart? These people somehow seem to be able to hang on to part of their childhood, whereas, for many people, their attitudes deteriorate as they age. Not only their hair greys,…
