Talking is a 'miracle': 3 highlights from Dennis Prager's interview after spinal cord injury
2. Gratitude after the fall: 'Do all those years not count?'
Despite his injuries, Dennis Prager told Streit that gratitude has been a “large measure” of what has sustained him. He expressed his gratitude for the life he lived before his accident.
“And why would that leave because I had this terrible fall?” the PragerU founder stated. “Why would the gratitude be shattered? Do all those years not count?”
In times of tragedy, Prager said many ask, “Why me?” and not, "Why me?" when great things happen. The author contends that everything he wrote in his book, Happiness Is a Serious Problem: A Human Nature Repair Manual, has proven to be true.
Prager’s book, published in 1998, explores people’s desire for happiness and offers strategies for achieving it, such as counting one’s blessings and acknowledging that life is supposed to come with challenges.
“I wrote, among many other things, that life is a tragedy as well as a glory, that gratitude is everything,” Prager said during the interview with Streit.
Samantha Kamman is a reporter for The Christian Post. She can be reached at: samantha.kamman@christianpost.com. Follow her on Twitter: @Samantha_Kamman
