From Men's Health's Steve Almond, whose mother was run over by a truck but survived:
"Now look: I'm not a big believer in divine intervention. But I couldn't help feeling that God, or something very much like God, was offering me an incremental lesson in gratitude.
Be grateful your mother wasn't more seriously injured.
Be grateful your mother is alive.
Be grateful, you nincompoop...
...[t]he essential message is the right one. We should give thanks for every blessing we enjoy: not just for the food and drink, but for the people who love us, if not perfectly, then as perfectly as they can. We should give thanks for our health, and for the strange miracle of being alive in the first place.
In the great cosmic scheme of things, we're all lucky beyond measure. It's about time we felt that way."
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