With a grateful heart, I just stood there, silent.

There are times when I would go to church to light a candle and just stand there, with a heart overwhelmed with gratitude. No petitions, no wishes. Just endless streams of thanks.

I used to wonder whether wanting something more out of life makes a person ungrateful. But lately I've realized that it doesn't. Regardless of how much I want a new phone or a new laptop or a higher salary, it doesn't make me less appreciative of what I do have. I still feel blessed--blessed to have some means of communication with the people I love. Blessed to have a job in the first place. Blessed to be alive and healthy and loved.

In this world of uncertainties, my faith is one of the few things in my life that I am sure of--one thing I know I'd get to keep when everything else is stripped off from me. At the end of the day, I know I could lose everything I have except for Him, but having Him alone is enough reason for me to feel staggeringly blessed.