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To the attention of:

Barack Obama, US President;
Tom Corbett, Governor of Pennsylvania;
US Senators from Pennsylvania: Patrick J. Toomey, Robert P. Jr. Casey;
US Representatives from Pennsylvania: Allyson Y. Schwartz, Bill Shuster, Chaka Fattah, Charles W. Dent, Christopher P. Carney, Glenn Thompson, Jason Altmire, Jim Gerlach, Joseph R. Pitts, Kathleen A. Dahlkemper, Lou Barletta, Mark S. Critz, Michael F. Doyle, Michael G. Fitzpatrick, Patrick Meehan, Robert A. Brady, Tim Holden, Tim Murphy, Todd Russell Platts;
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To whom it may concern, I'm sure the President could care less about people who are in need of health insurance in this state. Yes, I know they say they are but let's be real about it! He will never see this. I'm not sure who will? I remain in my home day after day after day because I am in need of dentures. This site is a good indacation I am one of so many others who need something so many people take for granted. I see people who say how much they care about the people and want to change the way "The People" are treated and then turn around and buy million dollar homes and cars! When and where will anything change? NOT IN MY LIFETIME!!!!! Once in office all the promises are a thing of the past. I would work in exchange for dental care and would love to see as many people as possible get together and try to figure out a way to raise money for those who are in need. Change can happen if we work in numbers and care about one another.                     

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Post Open Letter to your Elected Representatives

    We all go through hard times and strruggles. We all experience times of joy and happiness When it comes to remembering the past, we prefer selective memories. We like to remember the good and to forget the bad. We don't care to be reminded of events or situations that revealed our mortality, that declared that we really are not in control, or that proved life can change completely in the flick of an eyelid.

   The past gives all of us problems. When we want to live in the past, we have problems. When we hate the past, we have problems. When the past controls our present, we have problems. When the past destroys our future, we have problems. In many people's lives, the past has greater potential to create problems than it has to provide blessings.    

     So,what should each of us do with our past? We should own our past. It is ours. Whatever happened actually happen. Each of us can reduce the power of the past to create problems in our lives by owning the past. The most common way to deal with our pasts in today's society is to deny our pasts. There are many ways to practice denial, but there are two very common methods. The first is to declare that the past did not happen, and the second is to declare that the past is completely responsible for everything bad in my life. We can blame our it on a terrible family life.

   We can become blind to reality and state that nothing happen to us. We can shout we did nothing wrong. I have even heard some say that nothing bad ever happened in their life. Then there are those who feel that the past is completely responsible for everything bad in their life. They feel their suffering is a result of all the suffering they had to endure in the past. They feel their past totally destroyed all opportunity for a future. Therefore, they feel that they are not responsible for who they are today, and take no responsibility for their life.

   I think we need to put things in perspective. There are some people who have been so blessed that they really have not had any bad experiences in their past. There are some people whose primary experiences in the past have been horrible. But, for most people, the past was a mixed bag of experiences. They were blessed by some excellent situations and experiences. They also suffered from some traumatic experiences. But, very few people have no traumatic experiences in their past.

   So what do we do with the bad experiences, the traumatic situations or events? Some people live in denial. In reality their bad experiences actually happened, but in their minds those experiences never occurred. Though they struggle in life on a daily basis because the problems of their past were never resolved, in their minds those problems never occurred. Some people refuse to accept any responsibility for their present life because of what happened in their past. They live in what I refer to as the victim mentality. Because they were victimized in their past, they still think and act like a victim--they must be who they are because of what happened to them in their past. Since they must be who they are because of their past experiences, they accept no responsibility for anything occurring in their lives, and they accept no responsibility to change themselves or their lives. Some people own their past, and this should be our focus. Our past is our past--it actually happened. It serves no purpose to deny what actually happened. So we need to accept it; it is our past; it was our experience. In the act of owning our past, we also need to accept responsibility for our present. We can make choices, they can grow, and both our present and our future can change.

  God wants us to own our past. God knows that the first step in being freed from our past is owning our past. God knows that for repentance to fully occur in our hearts and minds, we must own our past. Change can not occur unless we own our past. Owning our past will not permit us to enter denial or reject responsibility for our life. Owning our pass allows us to change what needs to change, move on, and redirect our future.

  Owning our past helps us recognize and feel our need for forgiveness, Owning our past provides us with powerful motivation for commitment, and helps us be the best we can be. Owning our past deepens and matures our love for God, and those around us. Owning our past cannot change God's opinion of us. God sees us in the clear, full knowledge of who we are and what we are. God's view of us is not limited, obscured, or distorted. He does not see us as we choose for Him to see us, or as we decide to reveal ourselves to Him. We only keep people from knowing us by wearing masks; masks cannot hide us from God. God knows everything we feel, we think, and we do--all our emotions, attitudes, and motives. Owning our past creates no problems for God--when we own our past we are only admitting to ourselves what God has always known. Owning our past cannot separate us from God, but denying our past can drive a wedge between us and God. The two most common reasons for denying the past are fear and selfishness. Fear always drives a wedge between us and God, and it's never a blessing. Selfishness makes us our own god. When we are selfish, we are always in competition with God. Fear and selfishness are denial's twin children.When we work hard to deny our past, we only resurrect our past. By denying the past we empower the past by breathing new life into it. We breathe new life into it by giving control of our present to our past.

   Do you own your past? Or does your past own you? Allow the Lord to heal the wounds of the past. Give your past to Him and don't take it back. Who you were, or what you did does not have to define who you are today. The best way to honestly own your past is to give yourself to God, and let Him fix the broken pieces that torment you, pull your down, or stop you from enjoying life today.

  May the Lord allow us all to let go and give Him control. May He mend the broken hearts, the wounded spirit, and remove the saddness. May He replace our hurts through healing and restore our joy. May He show each of us the worth and possibilities that He has in store for us. May He help everyone to forgive thenselves and move on into a bright future. May the memories of our past be used in order to help encourage others and not used as a weapon against us. May God bless us in spite of what we hold onto and help us to let the past go. We are all a work in progress, allow God to mold you into the person He wants you to be, and by doing so the past will become a memory that can no longer hurt us.

God Bless

What causes people from reaching their full potential and from achieving their goals in life? Why do people feel helpless and unmotivated to do their best?" Some of you have had a broken heart, a loss of loved ones, a terminial or cronic illness, a loss of job, a loss of hope and it seems like your life is going no where. You want to get back on your feet again, so you can move again and find hope for your life! You want to be able to smile with hope, face the struggles you're going through with courage, and believe that you will make it through this day! You need to believe that today you have the power to change your present circumstances.

I believe that there are 3 forces that stop us from doing the things that we are supposed to be doing in our life today, and they keep us from improving our circumstances!

#1 the Force of Hopelessness---------------------------------------------------- Hope is what keeps most people alive today! Without hope a lot of people actually take their life because they can no longer find a purpose in their life. Everything that is created in this universe and on this face of the earth has a purpose! A key is designed and created to lock and unlock a door or a gate. A garbage truck is designed and created to collect garbage and to bring the garbage to the landfill area. The air that you and I are breathing right now is designed and created to sustain life on this earth! The sun is designed and created as the source of the energy that keeps every living organism on this planet alive! The feeling of hopelessness is a very negative force in our life and it lies to us! It deceives us! So never ever rely on your feelings! Feelings are very deceiving, especially the feeling of hopelessness. So how do you conquer the hopelessness? You have to change your way of thinking! You are created and designed for a great purpose! So never ever think that your life has no purpose because your life is significant and important! There will be ups and downs in our life, but nothing in this world stays permanent unless we let them to be permanent. After the rain, the sun will shine again! You have the power to change your circumstances and life right in your very own hands, but you must make the decision to use that power to change your circumstances today.

"Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoices: my flesh also shall rest in hope." Psalm 16:9
"Be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart, all ye that hope in the LORD." Psalm 31:24

#2 the Force of Fear------------------------------------------------------------ Most people who feel hopeless are scared of something, and they fear something. The most fear that people have today is the fear of the unknown and their future. Fear comes when we expect a loss, it can be a loss of money, a job, a spouse or even a loss of your own life. The quickest cure for the fear of the future and the unknown is, knowing that you only live today. You may not be here tomorrow. If you are scared of your health when you are old, you can start living healthy today. You may be abusing your body so much today because you are still young by drinking too much alcohol, eating junk food, smoking, and not giving your body enough sleep or rest. I can assure you that you will pay a heavy price for abusing your body. It's just a friendly reminder, after all, you my friend own your body and you are the only one who has the power to do what ever you please with it. You will reap of what you sow. If you are scared not to have a job tomorrow, well you can start looking for a different job today, so you can have a job tomorrow. Everything in life that is worth while has a price to pay! If you want to become very successful in life, you must be willing to pay the price! People who want something great in their life for nothing are fools. The past is already in the past, you can not do anything about it, tomorrow is not yet here, but today is the day that you can make the things that you want tomorrow, you can do something today to get what you want tomorrow.

"Fear thou not; for I [am] with thee: be not dismayed; for I [am] thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness." Isaiah 41:10

#3 the Force of Self Pity -------------------------------------------------------- This is one of the most powerful forces that will chain you down from going anywhere. Most people have been hurt or wronged by their friends, loved ones and strangers. They can sit there and remember everything that was done wrong to them in the past and go no where, or they can forget about it and move on! A serious problem that most people have today is self pity. A lot of people become bitter because they are unable to overcome this problem! If you notice when we get into self pities, we tend to get angry at people who genuinely want to help us solve our problems. Have you met someone who is so deep into their self-pity, that they are bitter and angry about anything and everything in their life? It's not a good way to make friends, or to solve problems when we become angry so easily. All kind of bad things have happened to people. Should we allow ourselves to become bitter to everyone who had done us dirty? NO, we should not allow those bad things to keep us down and from achieving the greatness that we were meant to be! We cannot allow ourselves to just sit, cry and talk about all the bad things that happened to us. We need to allow the Lord to use those things to increase our will power and to press on forward toward our dreams and goals! You will make a bad decision sometimes, but remember this; you will also make a lot of great decisions! When you do make a bad judgment or decision, learn from it. Cultivate knowledge and wisdom from the bad experience.

"The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and instruction." Proverbs 1:7

High achievers don't keep looking at their present circumstances, but they keep looking at their future. They keep concentrating at what they can become in the future. Every day, they will keep increasing their knowledge and wisdom, so they don't have to fear anything that comes their way!

"A wise man will hear and increase learning, and a man of understanding will attain wise counsel," Proverbs 1:5

It doesn't take a smart person to know this, but you can drown by staying too long underneath the water. You must get out of the water and breath! Surround yourself with positive people, read inspiring books, watch good and inspiring movies and listen to inspirational music. Do anything positive to get yourself back up from self pities. You can do it! Great things are just ahead of you!

 "Brethren, I do not count myself to have apprehended; but one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind and reaching forward to those things which are ahead," Philippians 3:13                                                                                              The verse said "forgetting those things which are behind and reaching forward to those things which are ahead" Every time we wake up in the morning, we are in control of making the decision to become a bitter person, or a better person! And every decision we make will determine the type of day we will have.

Smile my friend; because the best things in your life today are just ahead of you! Your future is coming and you must press on and reach for those things which are ahead of you! Let the past be buried completely, don't let the negative experiences of the past, and the past failures hold you down from reaching toward the great things that are just ahead of you! Allow the Lord to lead you, He loves you and wants you to be happy.

                                           God Bless

I Am A Firm Believer In Change...U Have To Change In Order Too Be Forgiven...We Have Too Change To Be Forgiven By God...How Can We Ask For Forgivness If We R Going To Do The Same Things That We Use Too Do..Yes God Is A Forgiving God But Does That Mean That We Can Continue To Sin Just Cause He Will Forgiv Us...WOW

Recently, my friend, Lisa, had this conversation with her son, Jason.

I had just come home from work and I only had a half hour to
pull my art stuff together, get myself together and leave for class.
Unfortunately this didn’t give me much time with Jason. While
I was packing my son asked me why did I have to go to art class?
I explained I wanted to learn more about painting. Jason said mom
you are already a good painter. Why do you have to learn more?
You already know how to paint! I said because I needed to learn
more about painting. There's always new stuff and I enjoy painting.
I told him even the teacher takes classes and workshops (she's an
artist too)so she can learn more and gain more experience and progress as an artist. I told him I want to get better.

This is a wonderful illustration of the need to learn more of anything we desire to become better at. I desire to become the best in network marketing and in The Freedom Project. Everything you and I have done since the first initial call from a Freedom Project member was learn about The Freedom Project’s compensation, mentoring model, promotion of Shaklee’s products and nuisances of The Freedom Project. You and I are learning how to read scripts and how to bring prospects through the Freedom Projects pipeline. But you have to learn more and more about yourself.

Peggy, my up line coach and a great one she is, is having us learn more about teaching ourselves how to think-successfully. She is working us through her boot camp learning from Jack Canfield’s The Success Principles, In network marketing you and I are making fundamental changes. We are saying to a skeptical world, to our family, friends and ourselves that there is another way. We are breaking away from conformity. We are saying to ourselves that our view of how the world works no longer satisfies our own new world view. We believe that network marketing is the better way to change our life’s course. Network marketing and in particular, The Freedom Project is our Life Launch(Hudson and Mclean,1995). In the forward of Life Launch, Hudson and Mclean explain that Life Launch requires fresh vision, new plans, and inner courage. Fresh vision, new plans, and inner courage is required of you when you are making a fundamental change in your life. This is what you and I are doing when we decided to sign on with the Freedom Project.

Now fear is creeping in. Will I be successful? How will I prospect people into my business when I never recruited anybody to do anything? Am I wasting money? My answer for myself is I will be successful, no matter how hard or long it takes. Napoleon Bonaparte said that the best trait a soldier can have is endurance. Endurance is needed not courage or anything else. Why endurance and how do we attain endurance? Because the road is long and there are many distractions, detractors and roadblocks. How do we attain endurance? Learning is the answer. To read self help books like,The Success Principle and the magazine I bought, Networking Times. Networking Times is wonderful because it is an easy read and when I doubt myself the articles pick me up.

In order to change our thinking we have to learn how to think to make those changes. A fundamental change for me is to read. I am not a reader but to be successful in the Freedom Project I will become a reader. I want to change.

You can read more of my blogs at www.genedjohnsonjr.blogspot.com

At 61, I have had a chance to look back on my life a little these days.  I am amazed at how different everything in life looks to me now, compared to how it looked at different times along the way.  At 25, I couldn't believe how much things had changed in the last 5 years.  At 35, I couldn't even remember how I saw life at 25.  At 50, I thought I might be getting the final take on lifes issues only to have it edited on a daily basis until now, Age 61(next Weds).  Of all I have learned and forgotten and learned again, this is the truest thing I can tell you.  The absolute best way out of your problems is to help someone else.  Whatever it is that you want, well, give it away.  Learning to treat others as we would like to be treated and the power of forgiveness are the biggest lessons I have learned.  Those beliefs will not change.  More to come.....

My attitude. I don't know what it is but it has come up several times now, I try to be straight and to the point, helpful as much as possible, and truthful in what I say. The information I give may not be up to date, or accurate because everythig is changing so much all the time. I try to be friendly, curtious, and kind at the same time.

I will admit I have a strange attitude because I know how people are, I have been a steward, many times, in the union, a committee person and vice-president of a union. I've been President of a motorcycle club. I've been told many times not to ' rock the boat' but I will stand up for you until I get knocked down, and I have been a time or two. Don't tell anyone though.

Back in th late 60's and early 70's when all the unrest do to the war in Veitnam and civil rights was going on, I was in a situation where a whole cottage was up in arms at two back men(boys at the time), what I do not know  or can't remember, anyway I pushed my way up front tryin to find out what was going on when someone asked," what side are you on?" I turned around and stated that I was on their side, that way it would make it even. A bit heady I was but I figured that 3 against 14 was better than 2 against 15.

I will always fight for the underdog, if, that's a big if, if they are in the right and need someone who isn't afraid to speak up or stand up for them.

I was once in the hippie crowd where peace and love was an idea that the youger crowd embraced. It's a great idea that just won't pan out, because of HUMAN nature. Society has some bearing on it but human nature governs society.

I have seen human nature at it's best and worst as many of you have. What can we do? Change ourselves to do what is right. Help people who need it, even if they are bottom feeders. Oh, some of you will take offense but I consider bottom feeders the insurance and banking industry who will and does hold your payments until you are over due, so they can charge fees.They have enough fees but that's not enough for them. Look at banking, they want you to put your money in their bank. Good so far, right? While it is in the bank they invest it, without your approval or consent, as if it were their own. They loan it out at lets say 19% but only gives you 1 or 2% on the money you have in savings. The money you have in checking well , you don't even get that. See anything wrong with this picture? I know there needs to be a profit  made, but when they pull the stunts they pull and everyoneignores it , that bothers me.

Everyone sees the wrong doing that some of these people in congress makes, yet they do nothing and vote them back into office. Criminy, what's it take to wait up some of you deadheads and I don't say that because you like the Greatful Dead.

I don't see why the government is against people smoking pot. Everyone pretty much acts that way when it comes to the truth and what's right, anyway!

Ask me if I care.Yes, I do, but I do not care what you think of or about me. You can think what you want. It doesn't make you right. You might think so, but it doesn't. I will still help you if I can. You might be lying about your situation, if lying is to strong of a word for you then lets use exaggerate, I'll still help.

I guess I keep hoping that people and the world will still change, how stupid of me. It only stands to reason, I guess. With all the rules that people had the church broke it down to 10 ways to be a better person, then aspirit and/or a man had to die when all he preached was for everyone to treat each other as we want to be treated. How hard is that? How easy is it to forget?

Love me or hate me, like Popeye, I am what I am and that's what I am. I hope God, if that's what you want to call it, Blesses each and everyone of you. May the grace and kindness be givin to you. When you actually hit the bottom you have to and can only look up. Don't let that foot press you down, smile and hold your head up high. That last sentence is BS unless you find meaning in it. Help each other.

It's real easy,"do unto others as you would have them do unto you!"If you are down and out, would you want someone to help? If  you are  in pain or hurting wouldn't you want someone to comfort and cheer you up? If you were being mugged wouldn't you want someone to come running to your aid?"With the property that you have would you want someone to steal it? Would you want someone to murder you just because? Would you want someone to take away your wife's/ or husband's  love? I think in that department, we do well enough ano our own sometimes.

I'm just ordinary, think what you want. I use to have a different attitude, you wouldn't like me then.hahahahahah be good to each other and God bless. If you can make it through all of that then I think maybe you are. Thank You for being you. I'm staying the way that I am.

Two months ago I made the decision to no longer work in the 21+ industry. It was difficult choice to make. I went from making minimun 500 a week to making 0 a week. Co workers urged me not to leave and to do what makes sense but even then I knew I was at a breaking point in my life. Clients would call and call, telling me they miss me and they would do anything to get me back. I held my foot down as that's in my past and I'm done. My my ex coworkers and managers would tell me about all the money I was missing out on and how clients were requesting me. But I stood my ground with no. Then my car gets repossessed, my utilities get disconncted and my rent is past due. So here I am sitting the dark, cold without transportation wondering where I would live next. Through I all I refuse to go back because I know my life is better than that. So no I can't get my car back but I need help paying my rent and utilities before it's entirely too late and I'm also searching for a job.

Say yes to whatever it is. Because if you say yes to it and then you get in the middle of it, and you say, "Uh oh, this isn't really turning out the way I wanted it to," then out of that is born another desire. And as you say yes to that, then it turns out. And you say, "Well, it's still not quite right." So you have another desire... Until eventually you get it exactly right. You cannot get it wrong. No creation is ever complete. Just do it.

--- Abraham

Excerpted from the workshop in Tucson, AZ on Tuesday, February 15th, 2000 #298

Our Love,
Jerry and Esther

What Abraham is saying is to "welcome" all things that happen in our lives because if when we don't it causes resistance.  If there's resistance then it will stop the good from flowing into your life; into all our lives. 

Everything going on in our life is because of our thoughts.  No, perhaps you didn't **specifically** ask to loose your job or get a disease, but our lives are based on patterns.

If you have a pattern in your life of believing that nothing comes easy and life is hard and no matter what you do, things never seem to work out, then guess what?  Law of Attraction will GIVE you EXACTLY what you've been focused up.   Your life WILL be hard, NOTHING will work out for you, and NOTHING will come easy to you. 

So, over the years maybe faces in your life will change and the places you go will change, but overall you'll keep living the "same" life because that's exactly what YOU EXPECT and have been throwing out to the universe. 

I'm sure you've heard the saying "The rich get richer and poor get poorer."  Well, that is the Law of Attraction at work, again.  The rich EXPECT to get rich, that's what they do and it comes very naturally to most.  The poor EXPECT to be poor.  Be honest, if you are a person considered "low income" how often do you tell yourself things like:

-I'm never going to be rich

-I have no connections and I was born into the wrong family.  This is the best I can expect for the rest of my life.

-I must be paying for something I did bad in another life

-Everyone else seems so lucky. I must be cursed. 

And on and on and on2scious in the negative. 

Click on TYLER PERRY to read how this man went in 7 years from being HOMELESS to a MILLIONAIRE, by writing down his goals. 

Click on STUART SHARP to read how this man, also homeless wrote a symphony with NO musical training. It took years, but now it has been recorded by the London Philharmonic and Stuart is a millionaire. 

These men did not let their situations get in the way of their DREAMS. They visualized what they wanted from life and  it made no matter that they were "homeless" and a zillion miles from being "millionaires."  They followed their dream.

It only takes 3 steps to go from where you are to where you want to be:

1) Ask for what you want

2) The Universe, God, Source, Infinite Intelligence (whatever name YOU give "it" will do the work and bring it to you. It is NOT up to figure out how or from whom all you have to do is step 3

3) Allow...Let go and Let "God" or whatever name you're comfortable using. Be at peace KNOWING that Source lives in you and only wants the best for you and will arrange circumstances to happen to get you what you want. 

I am NOT saying to just sit in a church or your room and pray to God (or whomever) to make your life better.  I'm saying make an affirmation that you can REALLY believe...for example:

I intended to have $500.00 by January 15th, 2009. While I may not know how Source is going to bring this money to me, I'm so thankful and appreciative that this not my job. Source will do what's necessary to make it so.

As you're saying your affirmation really FEEL that $500. and how wonderful it will feel having it in your possession.  Do NOT think "I have to get that $500 or I'll be evicted."  See if you do that it means you're asking for the money from a place of "need" and "desperation" and the vibes you'll be sending out will be negative, not positive. So, it's not really your words the Law of Attraction picks up on, but your most prevailent feelings. If you feel desperate, needy, wanting, then I can guarantee you 100% you will NOT get the money and instead you'll get  more things happening in your life to make you feel want,  need and desperation because that is EXACTLY what your sending out to the Universe.

You have to STOP looking at what's "real" around you and see what you WANT to have happen in your life. If you're out of work, and with no money you have to make an effort to visualize yourself WITH a job and WITH money and "feel" the wonderful feeling of working and having money flow into your life.

Otherwise my friends, you're life will just be more of what you are currently experiencing. 

A classic definition for crazy person is:  A person who does the SAME thing over and over and expects a DIFFERENT result. 

You will NEVER see a change in your life if you keep thinking the SAME thoughts over and over. Not now, not ever. 

If you want to change your life YOU have to do the changing and stop blaming your spouse, your parents, your boss, the economy, God, or the Government.  

Only YOU can change YOU and get in synch with the bountiful life that your Source has waiting for you. He/She/It will NOT come down to your level.  YOU need to rise UP and meet Source. 

 With much love and light,

Theresa

i am an young 19 lady . i need a GRANT to help me go to school. I have big dream and i got to make it. My mother is a hard working single parent. She did her best with my sisters and I. My family have been with out a home many many times i lost my job and iam trying to find another. some people are asking for a GRANT to fix there homes or get a car.All iam asking for is a chance to make it in life i would love to see how it feels to not wonder were the next meal is going to come from. I wont to be able to show my family the nicer things my mother always had me reaching for. So whom ever read this iam not asking for pitty iam aksing for a little help I plan on changing the world but i need some help from some one who is able to help others. THANKS alot for your time  my email is JOHNSON_RENEE18@YAHOO.COM

     For those of you with posts I've responded to...        please understand...   I felt compelled by your situations to respond..     the 'advice" should be seen as suggestions only..   Obviously I do not live in your state or walk in your shoes, but because my steps have, in some instances, been similar to yours, I offer only suggestions of resources to try, if they fit your situation.

   For those who seem to be stuck in an ongoing circumstance of joblessness, homelessness, low income, no income, health issues, etc, etc,....      the last thing you may want to hear is that you can help yourself, but, you CAN.  TRULY!!       It takes a shift in your paradigm.. your beliefs; what you think, and what you do.  When we spend our days and nights thinking about the mess we're in...   " I don't have enough money to pay the bills",  "I feel so tired all the time",  "life is so hard for me", "There's never enough food to go around".    These thoughts and words may all be true...   they must be or you wouldn't be saying or thinking them, but the more we think them, the more those circumstances will remain a part of our life.     But... what might happen if we spent those moments thinking, "I have all the money that I need", I have more than enough to pay all my bills", "I feel great!!"  "My family has all that we need to live abundantly".       

   This woman is nuts, you say... ?     on my better days, perhaps (lol)  But there is something about the power of positive thinking..   We draw to us what we think about...  if we think in negative terms, we will continue to see negative in our life.    Alternately, if we think positively, then more positive things will come into our lives.  It seems simple, and it is, but it is not easy.     It takes some work to shift our way of thinking and to think of positive, good things when all around us there seems to be negative.

 Start with some simple steps....     try keeping a Grateful and Good Feelings Journal.  Each day, write about one or two things that you are grateful for. It doesn't matter how small or insignificant it may seem.    Maybe you're grateful for a favorite pillow, or a roof over your head or a good friend you have.  Whatever it is, there is power in thinking it and writing it down.  A Grateful Rock is also a good tool-- carry a rock in your pocket and each time you feel it throughout the day, stop and think of one thing you are grateful for.     I have a smooth, flat stone that I carry.   My ex-husband gave it to me a long  time ago and you know what I think about when I feel it in my pocket?     I think, "thank you for giving me up so that I could find someone who I can be myself with, someone who truly values me and lets me grow and learn".   If my ex hadn't been a drinker, if he hadn't refused to give it up, I might still be there, miserable.   I can also be grateful to my ex for my two wonderful boys.    You know what you are grateful for.   

Another thing I am doing is making a vision board.   Create a poster or board of things you want in your life---lots of money, a particular house you like, a college education, a vacation or somewhere you've always wanted to  go. Find pictures or cut out words or write them down and cut them out and put them on the board.  Put the board in a prominent place where you will see it all the time and think of those things you want.    My husband and I have our target weights-- the weight we want to be,--  taped to the frig.   We see it every time we go to the frig for a snack.       We have pictures of cars we like and would like to have.  We have an interior picture of a vehicle we like so we can imagine ourselves in that car, driving it, feeling the leather seats, the sunroof over  our head, the music playing on the stereo.  We have pictures of Ecuador, a place we would like to live someday.     

It is natural human tendency to move toward what we focus on.  If we focus on negative, we will get negative; if we focus on positive, we will get positive.

 I posted some inspirational videos on my  blog page for you to enjoy.  They are simply another tool, a visualization tool to help start the flow of positive thinking.   Watch them as often as you like.   You can also visit YouTube for other inspirational videos.    

   YOU  HAVE THE POWER To CHANGE YOUR LIFE!!   

Welcome to the Internet, Opportunities are rising, and so is change.  Be prepared for good change, and change for the worse.  It's coming.

We are carving out our future with every click. Can you imagine that?  Something so small as a click on your computer carving out tomorrow.  Well, it is.

There is a secret to this madness.  And a profit to be made.

We can even help each other.

It has been only two years since i met her, i provided for her and we became pregnant very early, she was young but claimed it was all she wanted was our son, after a year things changed ,she wanted to go out not be tied to house and our son, she left for california on a short visit for family and is now staying, and sending my son back home to me. My world is turned upside down but i have my little soldier to man the fort. I have awesome job and three bedroom house near a park and we will be haunted by the ghost of mommy!

i have been trying to change my profile pic but for some reason it is not working

Hope. Love. Peace.