Blessed Art Thou Who Art On Earth!

Image & text via Facebook, the title being simply "GODS411":
I dreamed that I went to Heaven and an angel was giving me a tour. We walked with each other down a vast corridor. My guide stopped at a doorway and gestured for me to enter. Inside was a massive workroom filled with angels bustling about. 

"This is the receiving room," my angel explained. "Here, all the world's prayers to God are received."

I looked upon all the angels sorting petitions written on piles and scraps of paper from all over the world. I was impressed by both the order and the chaos of this busy workroom.

My guide and I continued down the corridor until we reached a second doorway. The angel turned to me and said, "This is the packaging and delivery room. Here, the graces and blessings that the world's people requested are processed and sent for delivery."

Again, I couldn't help but be impressed by how busy the room was. Angels were darting about, packaging the blessings for delivery to the people of Earth. My guide and I continued on until we arrived at the farthest end of the corridor. To my surprise, only one angel was in this room, sitting idly with nothing to do.

"This is the acknowledgement room," my angel guide quietly admitted to me.

"How is it that there is no work happening in here?" I asked.

The angel seemed embarrassed. "It's very sad," he explained. "After people receive the blessings that they asked God for, very few send back acknowledgments."

"How does one acknowledge their blessings from God?" I asked.

"Easy," the angel answered. "Just say 'Thank you, Lord.'"

"What kinds of blessing should they acknowledge?" I asked.

The angel smiled and explained:

"If you have food on your table, clothing on your back, and a roof overhead, you are richer than 75% of the world.

"If you have money in the bank and in your wallet, you are among the top 8% of the world's wealthy.  

"If you wake up with more health than illness, you are more blessed than all those who will not survive the day.

"If you have never had to endure the fear of battle, the loneliness of imprisonment, or the agony of torture, then you are better off than 700 million people in the world.

"If you can attend church without fear of harassment, arrest or death, you are more blessed than 3 billion people.

"If your parents are still alive and still married, then your fortune is very rare indeed.

"If you can hold your head up and smile, you're unique to all those who despair."

When I woke, I pondered over how we can start acknowledging our blessings.

If you can read this message, you are doubly blessed. One is that someone was thinking of you as very special. The second is that you are more blessed than over two billion people in the world who cannot read at all. If you see this on your own device, you are part of the 1% in the world who can afford that opportunity.

Have a good day and always count your blessings.

Pass this message along to remind everyone how blessed we all are.