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Tue 09 Sep 2005Counting your blessingsMind Moves: "Count your blessings" must be one of the least comforting and most irritating clichés. To anyone in the throes of loss, whether the loss of health, wealth or relationships, the advice to do so is always unwelcome.Its subtext says that regardless of the affliction that has befallen you, you ought to be grateful for what you have.