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Be Grateful For All
Submitted by: Helen S.
Hialeah Gardens, FLI am 43 years old, single mother and a temp. I saw The Secret on DVD about a year ago and read The Magic a couple of months ago.
Up until recently I was feeling sorry for myself because my life had hit rock bottom and I didn’t see any improvement coming my way. You see, my life could have been very different but because I was not truly grateful for the things I had, I lost them and then some.
I got divorced 6 years ago, after being in an abusive marriage for over 18 years and one day I just decided to walk out. I got divorced within two months of leaving him and in the divorce we sold our home and split the proceeds. I knew that my children and I were gonna be okay. We moved into a rental and we were doing great but I was taking my good fortune for granted, which is why the following happened to me.
The rental place was going to be selling the units at an outrageous price so my children’s father offered to help me find a place to buy. I thought his intentions were sincere so I let him help us. He convinced me to buy a condo which was overpriced by over $160,000.00. Pretty stupid huh? I had not been free for over 18 years so I wasn’t really thinking clear. Needless to say, I kept taking what I had for granted. I owned my own apartment, I was independent and I had been able to decorate my apartment how I had always dreamed.
However, because I was not truly grateful for these things this is what happened. I lost my good paying job, was struggling with the enormous mortgage, my son had joined a gang while I was married and now I found out how deep he was involved, my son and I did nothing but argue and the great relationship we had was completely destroyed. My son moved out with his girlfriend, I lost my apartment and I was forced to move back home with my sister and have not been able to find a decent paying job since.
I read The Magic and I learned so much about gratitude and how you must apply it daily. I am not living on my own yet but because I have been applying The Magic practices everyday for the past few months, I am no longer a temp and I just got a full time job making $3 more an hour than when I was temping (it may not be a lot to you but it is going to help me finish my studies, for Medical Coding). I do not take anything for granted and I have dream board and I invision myself coming into the money I need to help my family and obtain my independence again, with my new career as a Medical Coder.
I know I will be writing another success story on this site very soon and that I will be grateful for, just as I am grateful for the magnificent progress I have made.
Thank you Rhonda Byrne! You are changing my life one grateful day at a time.
Helen Sanchez, Hialeah Gardens, Fl
Single working mother, believing and seeing that we all make our destinies one way or the other.