I Have A Lot Of Things To Be Grateful For Today!

It has been so incredibly hot this summer so far and I would be lying if I said that the heat wasn't getting to me because it has! But as I was thinking about how hot it is and the things that are bothering me like the heat and the bugs it occurred to me that I also have a lot of things to be grateful for! So I decided to make a gratitude list for myself!



Here are a list of things that I am grateful for:

• Even though it is so hot outside I am grateful for the fact that I have airconditioning! Not all of my air conditioners are working but I am grateful for the ones that are working. Because right now I am in one of the rooms where the air conditioner is working - so I am very grateful for that!
  

• I am grateful for the food that I have and I am very grateful that I have enough food to last me for a while so that I don't have to go food shopping in this heat!
  

• I am grateful for my home - even though I am still fighting a battle to keep it - I am still living in my home
  

• I am grateful to be able to work from home with the help of the Google Adsense program I am making money from home while working at my computer.

So as you can see I have a lot of things to be grateful for and I know that it is a good thing that I remember this!

There are lots of good articles online about having a gratitude list and you really should think about starting one - especially when you are feeling down or depressed because having a gratitude list is a good way to fight depression and believe me there have been a lot of times when I have felt this way!

So I continue to fight the good fight and hopefully I will be posting more often - just to let you know how I'm doing.

It's Ben A While Since I Last Posted To My Blog....

Can't believe that I haven't posted here since May of last year! It's almost going to be a new year now and I'm posting about what's been happening with me since I last posted.

I'm feeling kind of bummed because I didn't earn enough Adsense money last month and that will mean that I will have to wait at least 2 months before I get paid any adsense money.

On the bright side at least I am earning some money online and for that I am grateful!

I am a big fan of the law of attraction and it says that you shouldn't just limit your thinking as to how money will come to you and indeed money has come to me in ways that I could have never imagined.

I'm still here, managing to be able to post to my blog and I am still in my home, had a very grateful Thanksgiving - turkey and all and my Christmas was much better than the last one - all things to be very grateful for.

Don't get me wrong because I haven't given up on my dreams and I do have a lot to be grateful for now.

I Am Having Such A Bad Day Today!

I am feeling so angry and so frustrated today because I don't have what I want!

I know that my mood has a lot to do with it but I am just so sick of things not going my way!

I do know that at times like this you are suppose to stop and remember what you are grateful for so here is my list for today.

• I'm grateful to still have a roof over my head!
  
  
• I am so very greatful for my pet who provides me with joy and laughter
  
  
• I'm grateful for the food that I have - I actually have meat for a change.
  
  
• I'm grateful for my health which is good
  
  
• I'm just grateful to be alive and breathing because so many people are having health problems and need some medical help. I just try not to get sick and even when I do get sick I try to not get too sick and just get better as soon as I can!

It's Time For Another Gratitude List

I have been feeling very down and depressed lately and all of the things that I have read about the law of attraction say that when you are feeling this way then it's time to think about things that you are grateful for.

So here is my gratitude list for today:

• I'm grateful that I still have a roof over my head. Even though I'm having problems being able to keep my house as of this present moment it is still my house.
  
  
• I'm grateful for my cat. He is such wonderful company
  
  
• I'm grateful that I have catfood for my cat! It got kind of "iffy" there for a while as far as the catfood was concerned but I got so determined that my cat was going to have food that a way was made - so now my cat has food
  
  
• I'm grateful for the food that I have! There has been a time or two when my cat and I shared a can of tuna but today we both have food - which I'm very grateful for.
  
  
• Again I am just glad to be alive. I think about others whose life is more worse than mine and I realize that I have a lot of things to be grateful for!

Here Is My Law Of Attraction Story For Today!

Here is my law of attraction story for today!

If you have been reading my blog then you know that I am struggling financially. Well today I was able to walk to the nearest food bank. It was cold and it was a long walk but I reasoned that at least I would be able to have some more food in my pantry so that was the main reason that I decided to walk there.

As I was walking I reminded myself of all the things that I had to be grateful for. For one thing most of the snow had melted so it felt really great not to be able to have to dodge ice and snow while walking.

I was also grateful for the fact that I would be able to get some free food!

As I was walking and thinking about the things that I was grateful for my feet began to hurt and I was thinking (and feeling about how nice it would be to be back home in my nice warm house. I figured that I would soon get back home soon enough and I continued my trek to the food bank.

Once I got there I saw a neighbor who was being given a ride to the food bank and then being given a ride home. I asked the neighbor if I could ride back with them since me and the neighbor lived so close. Unfortunately the person giving the ride said that they had to leave right away. I was a little bit sad but I thanked them anyway. And went to stand in line at the food bank. Once I got back outside I noticed that my neighbor and the driver were still outside and what's more they were looking for me specifically - because they decided to take me back with them!

I really do believe that this was the law of attraction working for me today as I wanted so much to be at home!

So that is my law of attraction story for today!

Thanksgiving And Giving Thanks!

Since my Thanksgiving went so well this year I also thought that it would be good time to post another gratitude list

I am grateful that:

• I was able to have turkey on Thanksgiving! It wasn't just the fact that I was able to buy a turkey but I think that I had just as much fun preparing the turkey as I did eating it.
  
  as an extra added little bonus it actually snowed here in Philadelphia on Thanksgiving Day! It was a wonderful and beautiful site to behold!
  
  
• that I have a home and a roof over my head. So many people are losing their homes but there are some that have fought for their homes are were able to avoid foreclosure of their homes so there is still hope out there!
  
  
• I am grateful for the income that I get from working from home since there was a time that I wasn't making any income at all! I check to see if my name was on the unclaimed money listing but it wasn't there but I am still grateful that there are a whole lot of other different ways of earning an income.

I guess that I am just grateful for being alive!

What A Day I Had Today!

Well I have been trying to keep an upbeat attitude about my life and I'm taking it day by day.

Today I went shopping and found out that I over-drew my bank account! Well I didn't want to get hit with those bank charges (again) so I returned the items that I purchased. It was really a bummer having to return the merchandise but it was better than having those banking fees on my account again! I had to go back to the store to return the items but now that I'm calmly back at the computer again I really have to look on the bright side of things here.

• Even though I had to return the items it meant that my bank account wouldn't be in the negative.
  
  
• Unfortunately it will take a few days for the return to show up in my bank account so I'm keeping my fingers crossed!
  
  
• Once the returned credit shows back into my bank account I can re-purchase the items because I only mis-calculated the purchase by some change. So in a few days I can buy them again! (I won't be getting my google adsense check for at least 2 and a half weeks yet.)
  
  It really was a bummer having to walk back to the store again but at least the money is going back into my bank account (in a few days)!
  
  I have to take days like these and remember the things that I am grateful for. The whole incident could have been a lot worse and I'm glad that I'm back at the computer now and living the rest of my day!

How Things Are Going With Me!

Well it's been quite a while since I posted here last. Of all the things that are going on in my life right now there are still a lot of things that I have to be grateful for.

Even though my Adsense earnings have gone down I am grateful for the fact that I am still able to earn an income period! Without it I would be quite lost!

I made a previous post about how I was able to get 2 government grants to help with my heating bill and get my heat turned back on after I got a shut-off notice and subsequently my heating was shut off but the grants allowed me to get my heating turned back on - so for that I am very grateful! This was quite actually a very good example of "free money because I did not have to pay the money back! So if people tell you that there are no grants out there to help people then I am a very good example of a person that has actually received a government grant! I received 2 of them as a matter of fact!

I'm a very big fan of the law of attraction and there have been times in my life where it has worked for me! So I'm trying to master the art of the law of attraction so that I live the kind of life that I want.

Things have gotten worse for me but I still haven't given up. The fact that I am able to continue to add to my blog is a blessing and another thing that I am very grateful for!

So I am hanging in there!

Gratitude!

I have been feeling quite tense and stressed out todaytense and while I was online I ran into an article about gratitude so I thought that now would be a very good time for my gratitude list!

I know the reason why I am feeling so tense and it is because I don't have what I want yet! I keep thinking about it in my mind and I know that the law of attraction says to feeling positive thoughts but today for some reason my negative thoughts are racing through my mind - so now it's time to focus on some positive thoughts and here is where my gratitude list comes in to play!

Here is my gratitude list for today:

• I am glad to say that I am grateful to be able to work from home. The mere fact that I have had to file income taxes means that I have actually earned an income from home and I am very grateful for that!
  
  I'm grateful to know that my Google Adsense has earned me enough money so that I actually have to file an income tax return because of the money that I have made from the Google Adsense program. As I have been surfing around online I have seen that there are a lot of people who have adsense ads on their sites but they have been saying that they haven't earned a lot of Google Adsense money - so I'm grateful that I have earned enough to even have to pay income taxes on it.
  
  This blog is about doing what I love and what I love to do is to work on my computer and that is what I am doing right now so that / this is something that I am very grateful for!
  
  
• I am always grateful for my home! It is a constant struggle and battle to be able to keep it as my own but as I am learning the law of attraction I realize that my mind and my thoughts play a very big part in how my life is shaped!
  
  I managed to get my house out of foreclosure and I have been able to get some government grants to help me keep my heat and electricity on!
  
  
• I'm grateful for the talents that I do have! I have written a little ebooklet about the government grants that I got to help me keep my heating and electricity on. Even though I'm not selling this book outright I am asking for donations before I send the ebooklet and that is at least one way that I have used my skills to be able to make some money. Believe me its not quick money or even free money but at least it is a start! And like I have said before I I am earning money with the Google Adsense program.
  
  
• One of my older neighbors died last week and she was a very nice friend of mine! I am grateful for the opportunity to have known her. We have had nice chats and nice talks on the phone and we had even gone shopping together on a few occassions! I'm grateful to have had such a friend and it makes having the friends that I still do have more precious!
  
  
• I think one of the things that I should be most grateful for is the fact that while I may be down right now I am definitely not out of the picture yet. There is alwyas hope and there is no problem that God can not solve!

Gratitude!

I was feeling kind of depressed today and I saw this online article about expressing gratitude so that is what I decided to do today.

The article says (and I agree) that one should start a gratitude journal and that is what I decided to do and I'm going to use this blog to do it! So here is my gratitude list for today!

• I am grateful to be able to work from home. I have not earned a lot of money yet but I am going to!
  
  I have my Google Adsense ads and that has earned me some money and I am very grateful for that! Bigger and better things are coming my way!
  
  
• I am grateful for my house! Yes there are some bills that are causing me a great deal of stress but I can't let that get the best of me! There are people who are in a much more bigger financial problems than me.
  
  
• I am grateful for the food that I had for dinner tonight and I am grateful for the food that is still left in my refridgerator. (I'm also grateful that I have a refridgerator that works!) I have chicken and pork chops and hot dogs in my freezer, not to mention bread, beans, potatoes, onions and pasta - Yum!
  
  
• I'm grateful that it is warm inside of my house. I have blogged before about the government grants that I got to help pay my heating bills and without that grant money I would be in bad shape today!
  
  
• I am also grateful for the skills and talents that I have now! I was reading an article about praying for a financial miracle and the article basically said that instead of just doing nothing that you should take the talents and skills that you do have and make them work for you! And that is what I am doing. It gets hard sometimes and I get depressed and frustrated at times but all that I hear is to keep going and to never give up!

That is my gratitude list for today.

If you are feeling depressed or frustrated start a gratitude journal and write down 5 things that you are grateful for! It will help you to feel much, much better about your life!

I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings......

Someone mentioned a quote from Maya Angelou's Book "I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings" and it made me remember watching the movie on television. It took me a while to actually get the meaning of the title but once I did it made me both sad and happy at the same time! It's actually a very provocative thought when you think about it - at least it is for me!

No matter what one's situation is there just maybe something that one can smile and sing about!

I think about my own situation and realize that there are those that are far more worse off than me. There are many people having more financial difficulty than me, people who don't have food to eat or who don't have any (or enough) money to even pay for food.............

Tiger Woods is in the news about the transgressions that he has admitted to and all I could think of is that there are far more worse problems in the news today and going on in peoples' lives!

It's a windy and rainy night and here I am in my nice warm house and I just ate some dinner. I'll be going to the grocery store tomorrow to buy some more food that I will be able to pay for.

I am very grateful that my childhood was not as traumatic as Maya Angelou's was and the fact that she could rise above the things that have happened to her in her early years just makes me appreciate my life that much more!

Gratitude!

I found a very inspiring article online about gratitude so I have decided to list some of the things that I am grateful for. (If I listed all of the things that I have to be grateful for I think I would tire myself out because I think that this list would be endless!

Here are 5 things that I am grateful for!

• I managed to get my home off of a pending foreclosure sale!
  Boy was that scary! My house was scheduled to be foreclosed on this month and I was just worrying myself sick! Like all the advice has said I decided to take action and turn my fear into curiosity and I called around to find out what I could do to get my home out of foreclosure! The money that was due was for property tax foreclosure and I was hearing stories from my neighbors that you either had to pay up or lose your home to foreclosure! I called around and found out (to make a long story short) that I could make payment arrangements to pay the property taxes in installments and that is what I am in the process of doing now!
  
  Do you know how GOOD it feels to get your house out of foreclosure!
  
  
• I had popcorn (and watched a movie) for dinner tonight! Don't get me wrong I do have some other food in my kitchen but tonight I just felt like having some popcorn and watching a movie.
  
  There have been times when I had no food to eat so I am very grateful for the food that I do have!
  
  
• I am very grateful for my home! My next door neighbor had a fire scare and the firemen were there and there seems to be a lot of inside damage to their house and I know that getting it repaired is going to cost them a lot of money! I already know that they have contractors working on their home now.
  
  
• I am very grateful that I have a computer at home and am able to be online! I know that there are some that don't even have a computer in their home and I was reminded of this when I saw some people at the library. Having my own computer at home means that I can work on it any time of the day and night!
  
  
• I'm very grateful for my family. My parents have passed on but I still have my brother and we talk a lot on the phone.

So there is a partial of my gratitude list.

So what are YOU grateful for today?

Gratitude Is The Key To Happiness

Thank You God! Another Small Miracle Has Occurred!

I am oh so very grateful today!

I got a notice of a water shut-off on Wednesday and yesterday I got the good news that I was to be given a small grant to help towards making a payment! This payment will suspend my shut off notice!

This wasn't a government grant though. The money / grant that I got was from a small organization that helps with small payments towards one's utility bill. I found them in the yellow pages!

All I had to do was fax them a copy of my shut-off notice - which I did. The shut off notice was reviewed by them and I got the call yesterday that they contacted my water company and made arrangements with them and that they will be sending a payment to them!

Now this doesn't get me off the hook for the total amount due of the water bill. The organization paid a portion which was just enough to stop them shutting off my water! And for this I am very grateful to that organization!

I am now on a payment plan with my water company!

So I hope this goes to show those who may be in a similar situation that miracles do come true and they do happen!

Thank You To Everybody!

I just wanted to thank everybody that is trying to help me including those who are also offering words of encouragement!

It's just so good to see that there are people out there who offer whatever it is they can give whether it be money for donations or just words of encouragement!

It really means a lot to me and I just wanted to say

Thank You

to you all!

What I Am Grateful For!

I have been feeling sad and angry lately so that means that its time for me to think about all the things that I am grateful for! I know that there are people who are much more worse off than me and I do have a lot of things to be grateful for.

In the past, the law of attraction has worked for me as far as being able to manifest small amounts of money but I think that when I want to manifest the most - I try too hard and I think that is the case now.

I did have the promise of some money being sent to me but for whatever reason it hasn't been sent yet - thus the reason for my feelings of anger and frustration. So its time to take a look at the things that I am grateful for.

I'm grateful for the food that I have! It may not be much but there had been a time when I actually had NO food! No bread, no crackers, no meat! There were times when water was my only meal and you know I was even grateful for that because it meant that I still had water!

I got some good news from legal aid! It seems that there is the possibility that my mortgage company was doing unfair mortgaging and they are looking into it further!

I got my monthly electric and heating bill and the amount due is $0 - I'm very grateful for that!

It's a gorgeous day outside and so nice for it being the beginning of the July 4 weekend. I have to admit that I am a bit of a hermit and enjoy working at my computer but I can hear what's going on by listening to my radio and tuning in to the local stations.

Yes I do have a lot to be grateful for and I do these gratitude lists when I'm feeling down and depressed. It's something that you may want to try yourself.

I Have To Keep On Going!

Basically that is what all the messages, sermons and advice has said!

I'm so depressed now because it just seems like money is staying away from me in all kinds of ways! But then that was when I looked at some of my past blog posts and just realized how lucky and grateful I am for the things that have happened in my life to a positive affect!

I looked at my blog post where I mentioned about the 2 government grants that I got to get my lights (and heat) shut back on and I realize that this was a true blessing in and of itself!

I am also using my talents as a writer to sell my own ebooklet about how I did get those 2 government grants to help with my heating bill!

I read somewhere that people have such limiting beliefs about money and that we should change the way that we think about money. Remember before when I said at the beginning of this blog post that it seems that money just seems to stay away from me? Well that isn't always true! I have found money on the street, received some discounts and savings as well - all examples of money flowing into my life!

I know that it is my attitude that is affecting how money is flowing into my life because there have been a few times when I have attracted money into my life. The

law of attraction

really does work!

It's just that for today (actually the past few days) that I have been feeling down and depressed and downright angry about my lack of money - which in and of itself says something because I'm emphasizing having a lack of money when I should be focusing on having an abundance of money - therein lies my solution!



Please remember to enjoy your day and take some time out to think about the things that you are grateful for!

I'm Trying To Keep My Hopes Up!

I'm trying to keep my spirits and my hopes up high! You know what they say "you may be down but you're not out!"

There are a lot of things that I have that I should be and am grateful for! You never know how good you have it until you start watching the news and seeing a story on someone who is more worse off than you! People losing their homes to fires or foreclosures and even those who have lost their lives!

I was able to pay my internet access for another month, my utilities are still on (as you can tell from me typing this blog entry) and I'm waiting word for a government grant to help pay with some of my heating bill! As a matter of fact my heating bill got a huge portion of it taken out because of some "adjustment" that my heating company had made and since this is a very cold winter - I can use all the help that I can get!

I have food in my refridgerator and I have my Adsense income that is helping me!

I'm also reading a book about self-improvement and its helping me when I don't have all those negative thoughts whirling around in my head! Basically the book is saying that we are all here for a purpose. Everyone has unique talents and abilities that they can contribute to the world and this is something that I absolutely believe to be true!

I love working on the computer and I love being able to work from home and I have come to agree that this is my passion!

I haven't completed my income taxes yet but I know that it has to be done. Since I am self-employed and work from home, I won't be getting a refund though because I have to pay a self-employment tax - but the paperwork still needs to be done - but on the bright side I still have some time before it is due.

I keep trying to remind myself of my mission statement which is to have a million dollars in the bank so that I can live off the interest so that I can pursue what it is that I love to do which is working on my computer.

I hope that this blog will help serve as an inspiration to those who are feeling depressed, frustrated and worthless. We may be down but we are not out yet! It ain't over yet!

"Christmas Magic"

Christmas waves a magic wand over this world, and behold, everything is softer and more beautiful.

Norman Vincent Peale, 1898-1993

American Preacher and Author of

"The Power of Positive Thinking"

I saw this quote from the Self Improvement website and I just had to post about it here.

Have you noticed that during the Christmas holidays there does seem to be a kind of magic in the air? People are nicer and in a good mood. They are more kind and more helpful and have a more cheery attitude.

Of course all the Christmas decorations and music does help but I do believe the above quote to be true!

I had a very nice time celebrating my Christmas and I hope that you did too!

My Thanksgiving Was Great!

I vowed to have a Thanksgiving turkey and I did!

I went shopping the day before Thanksgiving and was able to buy a fresh turkey for $16!

I spent Thanksgiving morning preparing my turkey and watching the (Philadelphia Thanksgiving) parade on tv!

It just goes to show you that the power of being able to do something is within all of us!

I also took the day to reflect on all of the things that I am grateful for! I have been reading posts from people who said that they were having other things on Thanksgiving and that just made my resolve more determined to have turkey for Thanksgiving!

Yes, I have a LOT to be grateful for!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Please Remember To Celebrate Thanksgiving This Year

I have so many things to be thankful and grateful for! I had come to realize this when I was reading posts from others about what they were going to have for Thanksgiving dinner. A lot of people said that they were going to have noodles (that's all that they have and /or could afford) and / or something other than turkey.

Unfortunately I VOW to have a turkey this year! At the very best I will have spent the amount of money necessary to get a free turkey at my local supermarket and at the very worse I'll just buy a turkey - hopefully for around $10! But I am adamant about this though! One of the greatest pleasures that I have on Thanksgiving is preparing the turkey as I watch my local Thanksgiving parade on TV.