Tuesday, November 30, 2010

"If a fellow isn't thankful for what he's got, he isn't likely to be thankful for what he's going to get." - Frank A. Clark

I have a strange gift.  It's not a gift that I like to use and more often than not I have to be careful when I do use it.  I call my gift "the ability to put power to words."  But this isn't a postiive gift, I can't say something like "I'm going to win the lottery." and it happens, in fact, it is quite the opposite.

Example one:

I was working in Red Deer many years ago and I could not for the life of me print a document.  So I emailed the document to my husband.  When he brought me the document at the end of the day I said "oh, is that your pink slip?"  We laughed.  Less than 18 hours later, my husband was being walked out of his office. 

Example two:

As my husband and I were driving home after example 1, I commented "don't worry, we are in good shape, I can manage the rent and it's not like we have car problems or anything."  Not more than 15 minutes later, the differential goes on our car.

Example three:

A friend and I were having lunch about a year ago.  We were talking about our dogs, both which at that time were already quite old.  We discussed that it wouldn't be long before our dogs were gone.  I commented "I think your dog has a lot of years in him yet, he'll be here for a while yet."  That afternoon her dog just fell over dead in th backyard.

Example four:

I put my wedding ring on six weeks before my wedding, at the advice of my jeweller who insisted that I wear it a couple of days to make sure the sizing was right.  A friend of mine told me that it was bad luck to wear the ring before my wedding.  I laughed and said "I don't beleive in bad luck."  That afternoon my photographer quit, I had a car accident on the way to meeting a new photographer that evening, and two days later I had to ask my maid of honor to step down.

When things go wrong in life, as they sometimes do I often find myself asking "what did I forget to be grateful for?" and more often than not, when I start focusing on what is good in my life, and remember to be grateful for the good things I do have,  things tend to turn themselves around.