Gratitude Is A Magnet Indeed!

I got an email from a well-known preacher here in the Philippines having the same title as this post. In fact that's where I got the title for today's post...Here's the link to his post on Gratitude is a Magnet.

Well, I find it very timely for my favorite preacher to tackle this topic. And it becomes even more appropriate with my Year of Thanks blog. I guess I'm on the right track after all. We do have all the things we need right now that we have to be thankful for. The rest will come in God's time.

Today, I'm thankful for the help extended by my service staff. For without them, I won't be able to work from home my entire shift. Working from home is very distracting and takes a good amount of self discipline to actually sit in front of the computer and do something. Without my service staff, I'd have to care for my 3 year old, do household chores, and forego work all together -- which I cannot afford to do just yet. We are saving up for a house so I need to earn money as well.

If you have house help in your home, show them you appreciate them by saying thanks, respecting them, and treating them like you would treat yourself.

A Year of Thanks

I once had a teacher who told us a story of how she managed her anger every day. She did this by keeping an anger journal so that instead of lashing out at whoever or whatever was making her mad, she wrote it to diffuse her anger. In the same way, I'd like to start the new year right by keeping an online journal of thanks for every day this year has to bring. It is the first of January 2012. I feel that this year has a lot of great stuff in store for me and know that I have a lot to be thankful for in my life. But each day, there will always be a major "thank you" moment that I'd like to document and return to when I'm feeling down and insecure.

Today, I'm thankful for the internet, WiFi, Facebook, iMessage, and the iPod touch. If it weren't for these things, I won't have the wonderful conversations I had with my high school friends (Jek and Jane) today.