Love these stories, everyone! I've been having great success manifesting choice parking spaces during the holiday shopping chaos, but the following is my favorite. And to me, a major part of the fun of using I-M is watching how the Universe makes it all click neatly into place. Anyway....
I had decided to get my wife a combo gift of a new digital camera and digital photo frame. I found one I liked for $130 at a large electronics chain, then thought I would shop around for a better price. Not finding one, I returned a few days later, but they were now sold out of the one I wanted. I kicked myself for "snoozing and losing" and began rushing around to find an alternative. No luck. I decided to try using The Secret.
First, I stated my intention firmly to the Universe that I wanted to find a good quality digital frame in time for Christmas; that it be priced not only less than the one I had passed over, but that I would actually find it at a substantial discount below $100. I even stated that the price would be $70 to $80. I then thanked the Universe for all it had provided me to date, and thanked it in advance for my current demand. I proceeded then to go about the rest of my day without concern for the frame, believing it would come about in plenty of time for Christmas.
The next day, I decided to research digital frames on the net and found that very few had decent ratings by consumers. The brand I missed out on was one of the better-rated ones, so I located that company's website and found they had a listing of stores where to find their frames. To my surprise, many stores were listed I would never have thought of to find electronics. As it turned out, several of the stores listed were close by to where I was scheduled to be in a couple of days, so I decided I would hit them all until I found the frame.
When the day and time came to start my run of the stores, I had an urgent need to use the restroom first, and the nearest available one was at a bookstore right next to Linens and Things, so it was logical to begin my search there.
Upon walking through the front door, I immediately spotted the very frame I wanted, hundreds of them literally piled almost to the ceiling! At the bottom of the pile were a clerk and customer who was opening one of the boxes to check out the frame. I interrupted and told him his search was over, as I had already researched that frame and assured him it was highly rated by satisfied customers. He smiled and took me at my word. Then I noticed a sign that said the frame's price was reduced to $100 from its regular $130 price.
Granted, that was not the full discount I had intended, but I was tickled that the Secret had worked as well as it did. I commented on the good price, and the other customer mentioned that for that day only it was even an additional $20 off, making the price... $80! Well, I thought, isn't that interesting! Then the clerk interjected that a coupon was required to get the extra savings. I asked where I could get a coupon, but she only shrugged, as if to say, "It was lost somewhere in all that junk mail you throw away on a daily basis, shmuck!"
I loosed a small sigh of defeat, but then the other customer opened his wallet, rifled through it, and produced a second "20% off" coupon that he said I was welcome to since he wasn't going to need it, and since I helped him out with my recommendation, he was happy to return the favor.
Suddenly, I'm beginning to feel like the "kid let loose in a toy store" able to grab whatever I want right off the shelf simply because I want it and have accepted that nobody but me can possibly prevent it.
Happy manifestations to all!
~ RS
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