I once heard a lecture from a Breslover Rav and he was talking about his preparations in Israel for his trip to America.
In the course of this, he says (not EXACTLY word for word, but close) “I was packing my bags and Baruch HaSh-m one of the water pipes in my apartment burst, and Baruch HaSh-m my whole apartment was flooded…”
I did a “double-take”. Did he just say Baruch HaSh-m for his apartment FLOODING?!?!?
We always hear how one should bless HaSh-m on the (seemingly) bad as well as on the good, but who can really do that?
I must say I was truly taken aback when this rav said this.
It was not “for effect” or to be “cute”, he truly had internalized this concept and was saying with true sincerity “Baruch HaSh-m for my pipes flooding my apartment”!
This a madraiga we all need to aspire to!