It’s all too easily done, forgetting to count our blessings and truly appreciate the positive things in our lives. As is so often said, you never really consider how good something is until you no longer have it.

Naturally, many of us aspire to be wealthy. A few of us desire fame as well as fortune. But there are also droves of people who want for the simple things in life – things that others – perhaps even you and I – might well take for granted.

You see, that’s the thing about happiness. It’s a sliding scale of relativity, and no matter how bad things seem to be, or how tough a situation is, you can virtually be assured that there’s someone out there praying to be in your shoes.