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I thought I’m not going to get my salary yesterday. But I did. And I’m so glad.

I thought I’m going to be sooo late for work this morning. But I wasn’t. The traffic lights that we passed all had green lights on as we were passing.  I was still late but at least for only 10minutes.

And then I’m thankful for a toddler that tells me “I love you” always. Even at the most unholy hour. Like there was one night -or was it early morning- when he woke me up just to say “Iloveyou.”  And then slept right back again.

And I was so ashamed for grumbling when he was trying to wake me. :-)

It’s been awhile since I participated in Thankful Thursday. But I’m glad to get back to my usual Thursday routine now. *smile*

First, lemme greet everyone a Happy New Year. I’m positive that with prayers and hardwork we’ll get through this year just fine.

Second, for my thankful list, here are few of the things I’m thankful for this week:

- the roof that keeps us protected from the bad weather

- for packages we received yesterday from my brother.

-for the Internet -it keeps me posted with friends (offline and online) and loved ones who are thousands of miles away.

- that the rain has stopped already (the city has been declared to be in  the state of calamity due to  incessant rains causing flash floods and landslides)

- for wonderful people who are helping the flood victims. It’s just amazing that in times of calamity, there  are lots of generous people who are always willing  to help.

And before I end this post, here’s a shot I took when I visited the Divine Mercy Shrine in El Salvador.

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Today, let me give thanks for an answered prayer and a favor received from God.

He is really  so sooo gooood!  I know I’m not worthy to ask since He’s already blessed me  in more ways than I could count.  But still, I ask and claim His promises in my prayers.

And HE is truly an awesome God.

If you’ve not participated in Thankful Thursdays, consider this an invitation to join us. Drop by the TT HQ. :-)

Do you know I feel funny sometimes. Whenever I get the chance to reciprocate TT bloggers visits and read their TT post, I do feel funny sometimes because contrary to theirs, my posts seem to go off the topic (from the theme).

But that’s because I always autopublish my posts here.  There are busy days when I cannot even comb my hair, how much more sneak out to write my posts.  That’s why I write them in advance while I have the time. I don’t want to miss posting on Thursdays.

Now even if as I said so, trust me, I have days when I battle with negativity  and it’s a little difficult to be grateful for stuffs… But counting blessings always keeps me from wallowing in negative pits. Keeps me from drowning in the sea of misery and unhappiness for long. It does help me from feeling low and dejected.

Counting blessings - small or simple as they are - makes life more bearable, if not happier. And counting blessings makes me feel so loved. Doing so doesn’t really make things right or change things for me, but almost always, it sets me in the “right” state. It puts me in a good place - and that is to be thankful. Despite everything.

To be thankful, even if. To be thankful, just because.

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Tomorrow is my son’s birthday. Oh, how time flies! He’s now 3 years old.

I’m We are so very blessed to have him in our lives.  He - who bring so much joy in our hearts. May he grow up to be a good Christian.

I’m thankful for his good health. He’s still under medication (because of his asthma) but I can see his improvement. I have faith that time will come he will no longer need those medicines.

I’m so glad for the gift of motherhood. Sometimes, I just cannot believe how motherhood has changed me. Everyday, every minute is a roller coaster ride. But it’s a learning and fun ride as well.

Also, my sister who works in Japan is currently spending her vacation with us. It’s just so good to see her again -after 3 years. And it’s great that we are able to meet her fiance, and that her fiance is a Christian. I pray that God will guide them in their relationship.

And I almost forgot… I thank God for having the resources to throw my son a kiddie party on Saturday. May he and his guests enjoy the party.

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I just found out that someone copied a post in one of my site. Unbelievable! But yes.

My initial reaction was irritation.  I honestly felt bad - and so annoyed was I that I wrote few straight-from-my- bungled-brain posts  about the incident.

Anyway, that was couple of weeks ago. So today,  let me be thankful that I’m over that episode now.  I’m glad I’ve gotten past the dark stage of wanting to punch someone  in the face ala Pacman. *chuckles* That I’ve moved on.  That I can forgive (although not necessarily forget). There’s really a lot  more to do than be consumed in negative feelings.

I’m thankful that today is a better day than yesterday… and surely, tomorrow will even be better than today.

One more thing. I can think of bazillion of things that needs improvement with the way I blog but I’m thankful that God  has given me the capacity to translate thoughts into words and weave them into posts (although not coherently at times!).  I’m thankful for the opportunity to share them in Blogland.

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I’ve been lucky I had a the time to bloghop last week (which is somewhat of a luxury these days) and I just feel so blessed to have stumbled into this Blogger’s Prayer which Father Cuyos wrote.

I so love it that I had to share it to those who might chance upon my blog.

Anyway, three years ago, I had never heard about blogging. I didn’t even have a clue that such a word exist! Never knew that one day I’d get addicted to it and it would totally consume me (past tense? :->).

Fast forward. So I blog now (and true, there’s even one point in my life when I totally got addicted to it). Blogging has actually brought wonderful gifts in my life. Apart from being able to practise writing, I’ve learned and seen new things online. Learning html and php code is fun,  albeit headache-and-nosebleed causing (a perfect excuse for being too lazy to break codes at times!).  Through  blogging, I’ve seen a glimpse of the other people’s lives. I’ve forged friendship online. Quite unexpectedly, I’ve even earned some cash because of blogging (I’ve missed opps but got some to take care of some “extras”).

On a personal level, in a way, blogging has made me understand myself - and my feelings and my priorities better (I hope that makes sense).  I might not be blogging as  much as I’d love to  -or bloghopping and commenting - but this is also because of these priorities. (And I appreciate all of you who still visit and comment).

Through the pits and peaks of blogging, I’m grateful for everything. For what it has brought in my life-  still brings and will hopefully bring.

To wrap things up, I want to quote few of my favorite lines from the Blogger’s Prayer:

Make our hearts meek and humble that we may treat our readers as friends, not as unique hits, that we may strive to change ourselves for the better more often than we pimp our site templates, that we may find more time to ease the pain of someone in our own home than to reply to comments left by strangers, that we may interact with our next door neighbors as often as we chat with our blogrolled friends, that we may be more concerned about helping the less privileged than about the number of subscribers to our RSS feeds.

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