Gratitude

I have been feeling kind of down lately and found these very encouraging words online:


Activate your gratitude by acknowledging the gifts most people take for granted.

If you have food in your refrigerator, clothes in your closet and a roof over your head, you are better off than 75 percent of the world’s population.

If you eat three meals a day, you are far better off than the 1 billion people on the planet who eat once a day at most. Celebrate these simple blessings.

I definitely do have food in my refrigerator and clothes in my closet one of the many things that I have to be grateful for.

So when I'm feeling down the thing to do is to remember the things that I have that I am grateful for and this is something that you should do too if you are feeling down.

I'm Still Trying To Hold On!!!

The law of attraction states that whatever you focus on you will get. So what I am trying to manifest in my life right now is a massive amount of money!

So far I have had small degrees of success with this but I'm having problems just staying positive and holding on to my hope and faith.

I know that at times like these I am supposed to remember all the things that I am grateful for and to focus on the positive parts of my life of which there are many that I have 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!

Manifesting A Billion Dollars!

I have been doing some searching online trying to find advice and articles about manifesting a billion dollars. Yes you heard me right! I want to manifest a billion dollars and I want it to manifest now!

I really do need a miracle in my life right now and I just can't believe that the Universe, God wouldn't want me to have something that I really want.

I have read countless online articles and basically they generally said that you can manifest almost anything in your life as long as you believe and have faith in it. I was at a very interesting website full of comments about how when people "threw in the towel" what they wanted manifested!

So maybe I'm trying too hard, putting resistance in my way and I know that I'm supposed to keep my vibrations up and continue to feel the feelings of having it now. What it looks like is that I seem to be the one standing in my own way.

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!

Today I Felt So Tired!

It's only about 10:30 in the morning and I'm already tired! Had to get an early start today because I wanted to use one of the computers at the library and today they will be open for at least 8 hours so I wanted to get on the computer there as early as possible.

I also wanted to get a little bit of shopping done before I went to the library so that meant that I had to get up especially early today. I don't have a car (yet) so I went shopping by foot! It was very warm today and I tried not to rush and do too much so that I wouldn't get too tired. But I did my little bit of shopping and I'm now at the library computer.

Walking to the store was very tiring and it was very hot outside and there were times when I was walking that I felt really bad but I had to remember all the things that I am grateful for and remember and be grateful for all the good things that are and are happening in my life.

While I was at the store I noticed that other shoppers were talking about their financial woes as well so at least I know that I am not alone.

I was looking for words of advice and encouragement and the things that I remember are to be grateful for the things that are good in my life and to keep on pressing on and not give up!

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

I Am SO Mad I Could Spit!

I won't go into detail but I was expecting some money from somewhere and I haven't even received it yet! I put my request in last month and I STILL haven't received it yet! Apparently there seems to be a problem with processing the money BUT yet and still I see that the site is announcing their newest blog post but they haven't said anything about the progress of the processing problem!. This makes me so mad! and frustrated!

Very strong emotions! And I firmly believe that one can worry so much that it can actually make one's self ill!

I have emailed this site numerously and have gotten some replies back - but none of those replies has resulted in me getting my money yet! And what makes it hurt even more is that they have been helping other members financially - even those that have become members after me!

I just do not believe that this is fair in the least and I continue to try and find out why it is taking so long for me to receive my money! But it seems like the harder I try, the more frustrated I get and the less results I get! I think that it is horrible to be holding someone's money and not release it to them!

This is something that I just HAD to vent about! I read online about people having problems both financially and spiritually and when I reply to them I tell them to not give up hope and to keep trying and to keep on keeping on - and this is now the advice that I have to follow myself!

I'm still not going to give up though but I sorely needed to vent my anger and frustration somewhere! I do feel a little bit better now!

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.

The Law Of Attraction And Getting Out Of Debt?

If you're like me then there may be times when you worry about your bills and not having any money. You feel sad and depressed and maybe even a little bit angry! I was feeling this way myself and then I happened upon this online blog post:

How do I manifest money when I’m so worried about being in debt?

Q: Dear Anisa,

“I’m currently part time. I was in college but quit after I found out it wasn’t what I wanted to do. I have about $20,000 in debt and $960 on my credit card. I’m panicking because I really don’t know how I’m going to pay it all off! Which is why I was looking for ways to manifest hoping it would help me in some way. So, I suppose that is my questions. I’m tired of having money problems. I would just love to finally be able to enjoy my life and not worry about being broke. What would you recommend i do to manifest wealth and prosperity? ” –Thank you

The answer given was something that I have seen many times but still it seems that I have to be reminded of it and that is why I think the law of attraction led me to the blog site and that particular entry.

In a nutshell the advice is to not think of yourself as having a lack of money but to think of yourself as having an abundance of money!

To read the complete answer just click Anisa's blog entry here

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!