It Works!

        Yesterday I walked into the Credit Union to pay my mortgage. I was told my balance was $185.00 less than it normally is and no one knew why. I thought about just keeping quiet. That is the kind of mistake I don’t mind.
But I didn’t, I asked my loan officer about it. He checked with the computer guys, downstairs and got back to me today. After going through sixteen years of mortgage payments they found that I had overpaid over the years. Well, that may not be such a big deal, but why didn’t they find it last year or next month? They found it NOW, at the time when I am putting in a special request for money from beyond. And no, it is not $5000.00, but every little thing counts, including the $9.36 I got today, from another book sale.
      I am jazzed. I am happy. I am feeling so good about this project. And to think it came from an inspired thought that occurred when I was about to get depressed. (See blog “A Trail of Inspired Thoughts”) I didn’t want to let it get me down, but after working day and night on something which had no guarantee of success (my book) and coming close to the end, still low on funds, I didn’t know what to do. At that point, everything and everybody came to my rescue. And as they continue to come, I realize that there is no end to this. The benefits and abundant outcome just keep getting bigger and spreading to more people.
      So many kind and caring people have come to my door and landed on my virtual lap through this blog and it’s progenitor, my travel journals. That alone, is worth more than any money I may procure through this method. But it does not have to be one or the other. I / we can have it all - money, friends, fulfilling work and a tropical wonderland to live in. What a life!
      And you know how it goes, the more you have, the more you want to share. As I said in my book, “If She Can Do It, So Can I !” my bigger dream is that everybody’s dreams come true. Today I got a call from an old friend. He’s had a rough life - and he’ll tell you that, too. Nothing goes right for him, things just never work out no matter how hard he tries. Sounds like he’s pretty much given up. That was the same story I heard from him a year ago when we emailed and ten years ago when our kids were in school together. I don’t presume to tell anyone how to live their life. I usually just listen and try to accept him for who and where he is in life’s journey. This time, perhaps because of my overflowing joy from another success, I took a risk and laid it on the line.
       He’s moved around the country, always bitter and blaming about the last place he lived. I told him, “Robert, wherever you go, there you are. The problem you need to fix is within you.” He argued that he has tried to be positive but people let him down and things don’t work out. I reminded him of the way I heard him talk to his son years ago and said, “Robert, I bet you learned that when you were a child. I bet someone told you that you would never amount to anything. We have to expose these ingrained beliefs in order to put them to rest.” And I made him promise to watch the movie, The Secret. I’ll let go of the outcome on this one, but I believe I planted a seed.
    Another unusual thing happened to me today. I got a call from someone who needs help in rescuing a child. Imagine that! Me, being able to have that kind of affect on someone’s life. Oh, I answer all my emails, help people find their way around Costa Rica and encourage and inspire them to follow their dreams, but to actually redeem a broken life? I would love to be able to help. I’ll go where I’m led and see what transpires. International intrigue was not what I had planned, but these days I feel like I can do anything.
    So that’s where we are on day eleven. Money’s coming in. I’m feeling exceedingly grateful. And the joy is spreading. Whoops! Pollyanna’s back.

Running total:  $1171.80 closer to my goal of $5000.00