Be Careful What You Ask For

If you don't know what the laws of attraction are, here is a quick run down.  Basically, what you think about, negative or positive, you attract.  If you focus and ask for something, you get it--in some form or another.  Sounds cheesy and New Agey, but it is what it is.  So I have a little story to tell you about how I came to believe that this idea works.

In the summer, when I was living in Bozeman, Montana and working at the library, I used to take the free bus service to work and then walk the 3 miles home after my shift was over.  I would listen to the radio or audio books to pass the time on that hour long walk home.  I would think a lot about my life at the time and a lot of this thinking revolved around how broke I was.  One afternoon, I came up with the brilliant idea to focus my energy on the image of a $100 bill just laying on the ground.  I visualized bending down and picking up the $100 bill.  I thought about how it would feel and look in my hand.  So, for about a week, I kept my head down and my mind focused on that Franklin.  I knew it would work.

And it did, but not in the way I was expecting.

About a week after my New Age quest, I was working at one of the front desks of the library when I man came and HANDED ME A $100 bill that he had found on the ground in the lobby.  There it was in my hand, crisp and unfolded.  At the time, I didn't think anything of it.  Coincidence?  Possibly.  So, I told my manager and put it in the safe.  No one claimed the money and it went to the police department along with other valuable items left at the library.

Later on I got to thinking about what had happened.  That guy didn't have to turn that $100 bill in.  He could have pocketed it.  I was amazed by his genuine honesty.  I wasn't supposed to find the $100 bill.  I was supposed to learn something.

Since then, I've asked for only a couple of things to appear in my life.  Each time I do, I always get what I ask for--not always good or exactly what I wanted--but there is ALWAYS a lesson to be learned from it.

Yet, I keep asking?

At present, I am trying to focus on being positive, unconditionally loving, understanding, respectful, and patient because that's what I want attracted back at me.  Sometimes I fail miserably at this, but then there are those brief moments when I catch ol' Franklin staring up at me.

Love Always,
Nik