I Am Grateful

I've been off line for the last couple days... and it felt like a month. haha. My computer problems escalated to where I could not use it anymore. Today I went to town, to Future Shop where I bought this in July 2007, and bought a new power cord for it. Cost me over $100 (my poor wee credit card) but I can't live without my computer. So, thankfully I am back ... and without having to figure out how to buy a new computer. I still have to save up for one of those as I think this one will soon need to be replaced due to other problems with it, but for now it's working... and now is all we truly have.

I've had some very interesting 'Spiritual revelations' in meditations recently, and have written about them. Maybe I'll post them here some day... but not today... sigh.

Yesterday, with it being Sunday, I did as usual attend the service at my Spiritual Centre. In fact, I was the one presiding over the service. It's been awhile since I've done this and I missed it, I love public speaking so getting up there is right up my alley. I'm on the schedule to preside 2 times next month, but who knows... the schedule does tend to change with time. It was a great service, as always. Then I went online on the Centre's computer... however, I couldn't remember my passwords for my blogs so couldn't come post a message about being cut off from the blog world. All my passwords are saved on this computer, lol. At least I was able to check my mail.

After I left the Centre, Reba and I went for a walk, but we cut it short. Our usual dog park is very wet and muddy at this time of year, especially since the city dumped all their snow there this winter and there are huge mountains of the stuff, so as it melts it is a terrible mess. We went to another place where people walk there dogs, but it was also very muddy and I didn't feel like wading through a bunch of mud, therefor, we took a short walk on a paved area, a new street where there is construction of new homes happening. However, there were about half a dozen young men there on skate boards and one got very upset about me not having my dog on lead. I think he was afraid of her... or of hitting her and getting hurt. So I decided to just leave. Went and met Wendy for tea instead.

Today I was to go to the last class at the Diabetic Clinic at the hospital (8:30 - 11:30am), then for an assessment session up there (12:45 for about 1 1/2 hours). When I hopped into the truck, I was very surprised to find I could not fit my key into the ignition. I called my mechanic and he suggested it could be a tumbler in the lock fallen. I sprayed some lubricant, much like WD 40, into the ignition and let it sit awhile. (Of course, by this time I'd had to phone and cancel my appointments.) I still couldn't get the key in, but could see the tumbler blocking the way, so I found a tool that fit in there, and pryed the tumbler back up. The key now fits properly. However, I fear that the tumbler will fall again, the lock is getting worn and needs to be replaced. I am not able to do that just now, so am leaving my key in the ignition now. I took it off the key chain and it will stay in the ignition all the time. I don't usually lock the truck when it's in my own yard, never have needed to, but now it's locked even here in the yard. I'm going to make something to put over the ignition so that no one will be able to see the key in there, tho it's not easy to see it anyway. In the book I've been reading, it tells of some very special, enlightened people in India that see everything as a blessing... even things most of us would see as tragidy they see as a blessing. This came to my mind this morning when the key wouldn't go into the ignition. I chose to see it as this blessing, though I can't see how it is. I trusted God that it was a blessing. I still don't know how, but know that somehow it was. Maybe something bad would have happened if I'd been able to start it and go... or maybe I was meant to go to the mechanic's today and talk to Neil... or ___________. Whatever it was, it was Divine intervention of some sort.

After I got the truck back on track, I went in to town to Future Shop (as stated above) then dropped by my mechanic's to tell him it had worked and I was back mobile. While there, was talking to a fellow that's working there cleaning the place up. I've met him a few times before over there. He's looking for a place to park his 40 foot long 5th wheel that he lives in. He said something about cleaning up my yard and work like that around here... and he's a security guard so would be nice to have someone like that around here. There is only one spot here that a person might be able to put something that big, though, and there is already a travel trailer there that belongs to someone else. I'll ask him if he minds moving that to another spot in the yard. So maybe... just maybe, I might have my neighbors really wondering. I have a travel trailer that was given to me over Freecycle (can't be licenced as there are no papers for it, so use it as a storage shed), then Len's travel trailer (bigger than mine, but not huge) and now if we add Neil's 40' 5th wheel, they'll wonder if I'm running an RV park or sales yard.

Anyway, all is well with my critters and myself, other than a stiff neck that may have to go to the chiropractor. So far it's a good week.

- I am grateful to have my computer working properly again.
- I am grateful my truck is running well.
- I am grateful for the Spiritual messages that have been shared with me, through meditation.
- I am grateful for all blessings that come my way.
- I am grateful for the flow of God in my life.
- I am grateful for the 'possibility' in my life.
- I am grateful for time with friends.
- I am grateful to be able to speak at the Centre some Sundays.
- I am grateful for the wonderful feedback from Rev. Dale on something I wrote and sent to him the other day.
- I am grateful for the spiritual growth happening in my life... now and always.
- I am grateful for warm weather and melting snow.
- I am grateful for my beautiful house plants.
- I am grateful for satelite TV as well as for cable TV.
- I am grateful I still have a couple days to catch up on reading blogs before Thursday when we all post again for Three Word Thursday. The days fly by so fast, then to be 'down' for a couple days.
- I am grateful for all my visitors here... and for the wonderful comments you leave.

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