Blessings by maggiemae

Blessings

For some reason, the song “Count your blessings, count them one by one” came into my head so I composed some of my blessings!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9fMjgS4vu4o

Thanks to Katy - @grammynn
You can see 365 there on the lower left without which I would be a lady so lost!

Three good things:
1.The secret to a good sleep is peace within oneself.(gee, I talk a lot of rubbish) And, I have learnt, no carbohydrate in the last meal.
2. The wind got so furious here that they closed the Public Gardens which has high trees and lots of them! I got a good photo from there yesterday.
3. Got our road trip on to Google Maps which is shareable.
Wonderful collage ...You certainly are blessed!
October 7th, 2015  
Wonderful collage and blessings
October 7th, 2015  
Bep
Thanks for sharing the link. I know a lot of the songs in English and in Dutch.
October 7th, 2015  
Love the song and your collage that illustrates it so well!
October 7th, 2015  
@grammyn Not sure if the link works, Katy but maybe people know that old song!
October 7th, 2015  
Bep
The chorus of 'Count your blessings' in Dutch:
Tel uw zegeningen, een voor een.
Tel ze alle en vergeet er geen.
Tel ze alle, noem ze een voor een.
En ge ziet Gods liefde dan door alles heen.
October 7th, 2015  
Wonderful collage and verse.
October 7th, 2015  
@gijsje I used my translator for these words and they are the same even if some words are in different places!
October 7th, 2015  
A wonderful collage Maggiemae , and lovely thoughts and song to accompany it !
October 7th, 2015  
We should count our blessing more often instead of dwelling on what we have not got.. nice collage.. where is your next roadtrip taking you..
October 7th, 2015  
@julzmaioro Around the North Island, Julia - Lake Ferry to the tippy top and back down the west coast! So nice to be in NZ and not overseas doing something like this!
October 7th, 2015  
A lovely collage :)
October 7th, 2015  
Blessings, indeed.
October 7th, 2015  
Very nice collage!
October 8th, 2015  
your link didn't call it up but maybe this one will ! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9fMjgS4vu4o
October 8th, 2015  
Love that you have given us a larger version of your small shits so we can get a proper look. Your blessings are simple & exactly pretty much what I would pick. Home, garden, hubby, cat, bike, books & 365. I would only add the kids & grandchildren to that I think, plus friends....simple things that cost nothing really....well except the house! I must remember your #1 GT because here I am up in the night but I have broken the rule & had a very large meal full of carbohydrates.
October 8th, 2015  
Oh dear a slip of the predictive....shots of corse not shits!! My apologies!
October 8th, 2015  
this is a good thing to do from time to time...or everyday.
October 8th, 2015  
@grammyn thanks so much, Katy - that version is so beautiful - brings tears to my eyes!
October 8th, 2015  
@happypat I would never dream of thinking that you would say shits - unless you were locked in the larder and all the contents fell upon your head!

The carbohydrate thing is as my DIL (Amy Neuzil) says:

The carbohydrate thing is as written by my daughter in law (Amy Neuzil) who is a Doctor of Naturopathy: "Carbohydrates stimulate cortisol production, especially when they are eaten right before bed. Eating a carb-heavy meal is likely to put you to sleep at first as your blood sugars rise, but when they quickly start to drop it can wake you up at night and prevent you from getting into deeper sleep stages. Make sure the last meal of your day is mostly proteins and not so many starches and sugars."
October 8th, 2015  
Hmmm will have to try that no carbs for dinner thing.
October 8th, 2015  
I think of that song often- it's great for getting one out of the "oh poor me" syndrome! I like your blessings- I think many of mine would be similar.
October 8th, 2015  
@gijsje Very cool! You should have heard me trying to sing it and pronounce it at the same time!
October 8th, 2015  
nice collage and presentation
October 8th, 2015  
What a great concept -- so well delivered.
October 8th, 2015  
Yes, you are blessed! Love that song.
October 8th, 2015  
Lovely collage Maggiemae. You make us all think of those things too!
October 8th, 2015  
We have much to be grateful for. Great collage
October 8th, 2015  
@deliad Yes, Delia - particularly for having the pleasure of living in NZ!
October 8th, 2015  
I think we would all echo those blessings. It is a wonderful collage and I must admit I fell in love with NZ when I visited it in 2010. Role on 2017 when I will be back for my god son's wedding
October 8th, 2015  
Great collage and photos fav
October 8th, 2015  
Bep
@olivetreeann
Wish I could have heard your pronounciation. Dutch language is not very easy ;-)
October 8th, 2015  
It is very spiritual today.
October 8th, 2015  
@yaorenliu Now and then, Yao, I get the urge!
October 8th, 2015  
A lovely collage and blessings.
October 8th, 2015  
A great collection, thoughtfully put together.
October 8th, 2015  
Lovely collage and sentiments. We should all count our blessings more often.
October 8th, 2015  
another trip? good for you! lovely collage, and yes, 365 is indeed one of our blessings. i'm thinking i'm about to hit 3000 photos, maybe i should quit, but..it's my happy place, why should i? :-) very nice collage.
October 8th, 2015  
@gijsje Thanks for the song/word. Nearly the same in Afrikaans. Yes we do have a lot to be thankful for. Thanks for sharing your photos and thoughts.
October 9th, 2015  
@maggiemae Thanks for the information about sleep. I will try. Thanks for sharing the collage. Not being able to go out often I travel via 365 photos and that is something I count as a blessing. Thanks all!
October 9th, 2015  
@sdutoit I think you need a bit of description with photos, though, Sylvia. Most of our artistic lot have a connection with words as well!
October 9th, 2015  
So much to be thankful for!
October 9th, 2015  
What a wonderful tribute to your many blessings. Good to stop and appreciate them. I can just see you riding around town on your bike!
October 9th, 2015  
What beautiful collage, love the idea of blessings, it´s the little things that count the most
October 9th, 2015  
love the way you've got your blessings doubled!
October 11th, 2015  
There really is so much to be thankful for, and so often we just take our blessings for granted. Nicely put together collage, and I, like Francoise, also like the way you've got each blessing doubled.
October 11th, 2015  
Great idea for a collage - and such a nice composition. Good recipe for happiness, Marg - a cat, a bike and a bloke.
October 12th, 2015  
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