In everything, give thanks

I think I am gifted with positive thinking. Not many people can be as positive as me.

Few months ago, my other half decided that he has enough of working. He got a tidy sum from an earlier company and then, he started a new job. But one fine day, he phoned and told me he has enough of tax evasion tactics and such. He said that is his last day of work. He had worked with foreigners and to them, black is black, white is white. Then, in the new company, they go for gray and hubby is not someone who bends forward. Both of us are compatible because we have our own principles and nothing can change that.

So, that’s it. We are one happy couple who have plenty of time, and no money. Well, I think most women would freak out at the prospect of not having a steady income. But me? I was so happy that I get an errand boy, a breakfast supplier, a companion for my little boy, a trusted guardian for my older children when they go to school and finish school and most of all, an adult to keep me company at home.

The last few months, he has been busy with either his dying bro-in-law or now, helping his widowed sister with the paperworks of transferring properties. Do you know that even a miserable, broken old bike needs lots of paper works to be cleared before they can sell it? So, he is not entirely shaking legs now.

As for money, God blesses abundantly. We have no worries on that part. Whatever we need for the older children’s education were taken care off. We have savings, a home, two cars, no loans and no mortgages. Money comes in other way, i.e. my online income. Previously, we never touch my income. Now, I am so secured knowing that my income are growing steadily and those are enough to allow us to maintain almost the same lifestyle.

Most of all, now that he is around, I have the chance to pursue what interests me. I hope to spend the time to do something that pleases me. I can comfortably leave my little boy with hubby while I get out of the home for a few hours each day. In fact, this is such a blessing for me.

No one can understand what freedom is until they can just step out of the house without worries about the kids. I never knew this opportunity will come so soon. I will make the best of it. The hubby never says when he will go back to the rat race. He is enjoying his daily hike up the Penang hill and spend the rest of the day with the love of his life, my youngest boy. Then, when the older children are back from college or school, they have their boys’ stuffs to do.

Me? I am so thankful that I can devote more time to serve the church. I am mostly a ‘yes person’ now if people looks for help. That is priceless, the ability to say yes when the Lord calls. I hope to have a few more months with this same arrangement. And I am making money online with my blogs too.