{"id":1610,"date":"2008-10-20T17:57:02","date_gmt":"2008-10-21T00:57:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/?p=1610"},"modified":"2008-10-20T17:57:02","modified_gmt":"2008-10-21T00:57:02","slug":"a-lesson-for-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/?p=1610","title":{"rendered":"A lesson for me"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m feeling very burdened.\u00c2\u00a0 We awoke to a flat tire.\u00c2\u00a0 All the tires need to be replaced, but we could only afford to replace two right now.\u00c2\u00a0 Then the tire guy told Eric that the brakes are paper thin and need to be replaced.\u00c2\u00a0 Again!<\/p>\n<p>But you know what?\u00c2\u00a0 We all woke up this morning&#8230;.safe and semi-healthy.\u00c2\u00a0 Yes, there was a flat tire but we had the cash to pay for the tires we bought &#8211; so no debt.\u00c2\u00a0 We will have more money in the next 30 days to buy the other two tires and the brakes.\u00c2\u00a0 We didn&#8217;t lose a tire &#8211; or the brakes &#8211; while on the road thus putting our family in danger.<\/p>\n<p>I can focus on the negatives or I can focus on the positives.<\/p>\n<p>I need to work really hard right now to focus on the positives.<\/p>\n<p>Even if I&#8217;m the only one doing it.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-official sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-facebook\"><div class=\"fb-share-button\" data-href=\"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/?p=1610\" data-layout=\"button_count\"><\/div><\/li><li class=\"share-pinterest\"><div class=\"pinterest_button\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fosbornz.net%2Famy%2F%3Fp%3D1610&#038;media=http%3A%2F%2Fosbornz.net%2Famy%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2014%2F10%2Fcropped-poppy-150x150.jpg&#038;description=A%20lesson%20for%20me\" data-pin-do=\"buttonPin\" data-pin-config=\"beside\"><img src=\"\/\/assets.pinterest.com\/images\/pidgets\/pinit_fg_en_rect_gray_20.png\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/li><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-url=\"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/?p=1610\" data-text=\"A lesson for me\" data-via=\"Knitnmom\" >Tweet<\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-tumblr\"><a class=\"tumblr-share-button\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tumblr.com\/share\" data-title=\"A lesson for me\" data-content=\"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/?p=1610\" title=\"Share on Tumblr\"data-posttype=\"link\">Share on Tumblr<\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-print\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-print sd-button\" href=\"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/?p=1610\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to print\" ><span>Print<\/span><\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#\" class=\"sharing-anchor sd-button share-more\"><span>More<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><div class=\"sharing-hidden\"><div class=\"inner\" style=\"display: none;width:150px;\"><ul style=\"background-image:none;\"><li class=\"share-email\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-email sd-button\" href=\"mailto:?subject=%5BShared%20Post%5D%20A%20lesson%20for%20me&body=http%3A%2F%2Fosbornz.net%2Famy%2F%3Fp%3D1610&share=email\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to email a link to a friend\" data-email-share-error-title=\"Do you have email set up?\" data-email-share-error-text=\"If you&#039;re having problems sharing via email, you might not have email set up for your browser. 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