Man is fond of counting his troubles, but he does not count his joys. If he counted them up as he ought to, he would see that every lot has enough happiness provided for it. ~ Fyodor Dostoevsky
Were we to spend more time reflecting on all that has brought us a measure of happiness we might well deduce that despite passing troubles, our lot is a happy one. Too often we neglect to balance our life's experiences by placing too much emphasis on our troubles, when our joys are all too evident were we to change our perspective recognising all that fills our daily life with jars filled to overflowing with happiness, too easily taken for granted when another difficulty presents itself for our consideration and resolution.
The midnight hour introduces us to sleep, and those strolls down memory lane wherein we meet the faces of our past life saluting us, as if to say that they brought a morsel, or two of enjoyment into our life's rapidly advancing story. Those meetings were never by chance, representing as they do the beginning of a short, or long friendship introduced to us by Our Father to better know Him through the relationships that grow us into better, wiser reflections of God's purpose for our life's journey of self discovery.
In my recent film link The Garden of Eden during the goodbye scene towards the end of the story Boris Androvsky, played by Charles Boyer praises his wife Domini Enfilden, played by Marlene Dietrich stating unreservedly in loving her, he had come to know Him (The Father).
To love someone means to see him as God intended him. ~ Fyodor Dostoevsky