Level Four Blessings - The Whip Cream
David Berman • August 9, 2022
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A quick recap of the first three levels of blessing that we wake up with:


  1. Body
  2. Shelter
  3. Food 

Being able to check all if not most of the boxes on the first three levels of blessings  already places you in rarified air.  Lotto ticket territory.


Here are your Level Four Blessings:


America. Being a United States citizen, residing here, being able to enjoy the blessings of our representative democracy, of our Constitution is a gift. To appreciate it even a little bit, imagine that you are a citizen or reside in for example China.  Or perhaps North Korea, or Iran, or Venezuela. There are a lot more places you do not want to call “home”. There are very few that offer you the full menu of liberties, freedoms, and self-determinations that you get to choose from here in the United States of America.


Money: Having money in your pocket, or even in the bank. Being able to exchange it to obtain goods and services that others produce or provide for you. Things you need or even just want. The odds are you have some


Love - Being cared about: Having someone or multiple people in your life that care about you or even love you. A spouse, sibling, parent, friend - some other human being that knows all about you and still cares about you. The odds are you have at least one. 


Pay attention. Realize all the blessings you are witness to, that you enjoy every single day when you wake up.  And if, during the day any reason presents itself for you to worry about or provokes anxiety from within you – double back to all the blessings you have.  Imagine a life without them. Imagine how much better you are able to handle them now with the resources you have in place. 


We take for granted things that the overwhelming majority of humans do not have – that would trade places with us in a heartbeat, every heartbeat for. 


Lastly, at night, before you go to sleep, count them again.


It is my hope that you have many days, enjoying the blessings of them all, and using them to their fullest extent – making your life and the lives of others around as great as possible.


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