Sometimes the blessing is having enough wisdom to recognize what once would have fooled you.

Discernment is a quiet kind of gift. Being able to see through something that would have taken you in a few years ago does not feel like a blessing, since nothing arrives and nothing visibly improves. But the losses you avoid because of it are real, even though you never get to count them.

Think about what you can now recognize quickly that once confused you. Give yourself credit for it. That accumulated judgment is one of the few things experience reliably pays out.