Showing gratitude

In an effort to remind myself to show gratitude/appreciation on a regular basis, I'm going to blog about it.  Whenever I find myself in a crappy mood, it doesn't take long to turn things around by thinking about how awesome my life actually is.

Today I was peeved because my stupid blackberry was acting up.  It isn't holding a charge; I have it programmed to automatically shut off every night while it charges.  Usually, it holds that charge for a couple of days, depending on how much I use the internet.  Lately, it's only been holding staying charged for about four hours before being so drained that it shuts down.  Whenever it is charged, a little timer keeps popping up....about every 2-3 minutes.  As long as that timer is up, the phone won't do anything.  It's been getting worse every day.  When I woke up this morning, the phone was fully charged.  Two hours later it was dead.  Then my mind started wandering....wtf am I going to do without my blackberry?  Damn, I don't know how to use any other phone and there are tons to choose from...which one am I gonna get?  Double damn!  Phones are expensive and I haven't even had the blackberry for a year...why is this stupid phone dead already! I can't afford this ish right now!  Dang it, I have to pay my electric, gas, water, car...and shoot, rent too...and this #@%$#@ phone is acting up?  Just what I need!  I realized what I was doing and had to force myself to leave that bad place I was in.  I wrote a "Dear John" letter to my blackberry and posted it on facebook.  Sounds ridiculous, but it made me feel better.  It made me realize that my phone is just a tool and that I don't have to be a slave to it.  I realized that it's not the end of the world and that I can get another phone from Verizon even though I'm not eligible for an upgrade.  I realized that it was stupid of me to go from a phone acting up to 'my life sucks'.

I am thankful for my ability to be honest with myself.  I am thankful that I didn't waste a whole day being upset over something trivial.  My day turned out to be a very good one:  I found some really good leads on jobs that pay significantly more than what I make where I am now...and the work is EASIER than what I'm doing now!  I picked up two warm real estate leads.  They're both rentals, but they're both well qualified and can close in the next 30 days.  To do both of them will take about 4 hours of my time for a $1000 in commissions.  I'll take it!  And lastly, I'm thankful that my blackberry mysteriously started working like it used to.  I don't know or care how that happened....just that it did!