Brigita's Blog: Being Positive Really Does Work

I recently wrote a post titled "A Positive Attitude Makes a Difference"  I also read posts from Katerina Gasset "Active Rain Is More Than Meets the Eye - It Meets the Heart!" and Danny Thornton "A Positive Attitude Makes A Difference" about their experiences with positive attitudes.  I thought I would share one of my experiences and how keeping a positive attitude got me through it.

A number of years ago, I was in the process of going through a divorce.  My husband at the time, had moved out of the house and I was living on the farm with my daughter, who was attending a local college, and my son was living on campus of a college within commuting distance.

It so happened that I was laid off from my job at this same time and my soon-to-be-ex was not paying the mortgage.  This put me in a bad situation where I had to find a job, a place to live, support my children in college and find a place for my horses.  Not only that, I had to keep up with the bills.

Not being able to afford to pay the mortgage, and being behind by 3 months in payments, the farm went on the market.  An offer was made on the farm within a few weeks, but that fell through.  My future looked bleak.  It looked like I was going to be homeless along with my 2 children and horses, with nowhere to turn.  I kept a positive attitude and prayed to God for help.

Now, while all this was going on, my horse, Chanty, that I owned since he was a 3 year old, was not doing well health-wise.  Long story short, I had to put him down.  He was my first horse and I we spent many times together, good and bad, for 24 years.  I took this very hard. 

After this, things started to fall into place.  A few offers were placed on the farm, and the best one was accepted by both myself and my husband (or soon-to-be-ex).  Now for my next dillemma.  Where do I go?  A friend of mine had 2 bedrooms available since her children were away at college and she offered them to Julie and me.  Plus, she had a barn that we could store our belongings until we found a place to live.  I also found a self-care barn to board Eddie, my horse.  We were so grateful.

I had a hard time finding an apartment due to no job.  I did look at one apartment that Julie and I both liked and the landlord was very nice.  Even though I did not have a job, he felt that I would be a good tenant and he took a chance with me.  He had faith that it would turn out well for me, so he rented the apartment to Julie and I. 

A few months later, I did find a job.  It was a low paying job, but hey, it was a job. 

Through all of this, I managed to support 2 kids in college, a horse, and myself.  I kept a positive attitude through all of it, even though it was hard at times.  Plus, my faith in God helped very much.  I prayed daily and He helped me through the hardship.