From The Good and Beautiful God by James Bryant Smith (quoting George Buttrick):
A lecturer to a group of businessmen displayed a sheet of white paper on which was one blot. He asked what they saw. All answered, ‘A blot.’ The test was unfair: it invited the wrong answer. Nevertheless, there is an ingratitude in human nature by which we notice the black disfigurement and forget the widespread mercy. We need deliberately to call to the mind the joys of our journey. Perhaps we should try to write down the blessings of one day. We might begin: we could never end: there are not pens or paper enough in all the world. The attempt would remind us of our ‘vast treasure of content.’
