I’m Still Here
I just read one of those last posts I wrote on August 2nd last year, the day my hubby lost his job. I read that last line over and over, the part where I embraced our new life of abundance and freedom. I didn’t know what was ahead of me, but I knew how I wanted it to feel. I am so glad I set that intention.
Now I’d like to tell you I’ve come into some enormous wealth so that I’ll never have to worry about money again. But I’m not going to tell you that. At least not yet. But I will tell you that I really don’t worry about money very often, despite the fact that neither of us have yet to find jobs.
I asked my husband about this strange situation the other day. Doesn’t it seem like we should be in more of a panicky state? Well, at one time I thought so, but panic never helped anyone—of course, knowing that usually doesn’t keep anyone out of panic. I guess it’s merely our conviction that this will too pass, like everything else does, that keeps us sane. And the fact that we are thoroughly enjoying our time together. Yes, we are actively searching for work, but we are also getting to spend more time at home together, catching up on the multitude of things around here that get neglected when we have full time jobs.
We have been out of work once before. That time really was scary. We forgot back then, that things do change, that nothing stays the same. We did quite a bit more moping and worrying. But then, things did change. Hubby went back to work and I found a job a while later. And once we were working again, we looked back at all the time we had when we weren’t working and how we could have spent more of that time feeling happy instead of scared, enjoying one another instead of worrying. We realized the time we spent without work were moments in our lives that we frittered away with worry.
Now this is not to say we don’t worry, that there aren’t times when we wonder how long it’s going to be before our resources run out and if we’ll have jobs before then. But we know from experience that none of that brings results you want any faster than simply enjoying the free time.
Our lives did take some great turns, which I’ll tell you about in another post. I just wanted to stop by and let you know we’re still here, we’re still happy, we’re still hopeful, we’re still enjoying our wonderful blessings and expecting more and more and MORE to come! I’ve been too busy to work on this blog for quite a while, but that’s another post!
