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Reader question: Please explain “count your blessings” in this sentence: The best way for a person to have happy thoughts is to count his blessings and not his cash. My comments: This reminds me of a friend. Someone I also know about told my friend that he cannot go to sleep at night, even when he tries the trusted method of counting sheep. As this person is a successful businessman, my friend told him to count his cash instead. “Change all the money you make into cash, and count them before going to bed.” He was joking, of course. Anyways, the person who gives you the advice that the best way for a person to have happy thoughts is to count his blessings and not his cash is trying to say, I think, one or two things. First, count your blessings and remind yourself how lucky you are. How lucky you are, that is, to have what you already have – whatever you have. Second, cash is not something you can count on. Not when happiness is concerned at any rate. I once heard a celebrity antiques collector say something which is very revealing. He said he will give away all his collections after he is gone. And, for old age (he’s in his late 50s, I assume), he will only keep money enough for food and clothes. He wants to part ways with his money and wealth because he feels having money has led him to being surrounded by all the wrong people. Or the once good people with him all begin to turn bad now that he is rich – or something like that. | 
