Manifest Success, Then Order Dinner

I have an amazing story to share. I was off for a week and a half sick with flu and asthma. Unfortunately for me, it comes down to “no work, no pay” and I have no other source of income. So that means I’m going to be short for my rent and auto insurance payment coming up next month. I decided I needed $2700 to cover my bills so I wrote it out on paper. I’m right handed but I write with my left hand for fun sometimes. It also takes more of an effort to write that way and I feel it makes my intention more powerful. That was on October 22, and I sort of forgot about my hand written note. On the night Oct 24, my brother called. The last time I spoke with him was after my aunt’s funeral. He said there was a little left over from my late aunt’s account and he wanted to send me something. He let me know it was not much and I told him I would be very grateful for any amount. I figured that at the most, it would be $500. A part of me was saying, “Go back to work, because you lost pay,” but I said to myself, “Nope, I’m enjoying my time off and I’m not chasing money.” I did it as a show of confidence and to increase the power of my intention. That said, I did as I always do and ordered dinner in on the weekend. I told myself no worries, the money is coming and I’m not going to act as if I am in lack. The next morning my brother wired me $3000. That’s a heck of a lot for me. My quick manifesting worked! N. Go to the Interviews Page to see and hear Ken talking about Manifesting 123 and you don’t need #3. There is new information here and you won’t hear it anywhere else. It is so simple. Make it work for you! Have a manifesting story to share? This newsletters is published twice a month, on the 1st and 3rd Fridays. Your wonderful manifesting stories continue to come in, and thank you for those. Do you have a story? Please email it in and if it is used for this newsletter, I’ll send you a free, signed copy of the book as a thank you. Photo credit: Fauxels top, and Manifesting 123 on Pinterest

Manifesting a Puppy-Cat. Really ! ?

Around November 2019 I started expressing my desire to get another cat. Our current cat, Uranus, was terrible with our twin kids and not interested in affection. But my wife likes the cat because she is pretty. I continued to tell my wife of my dreams to have a “puppy-cat”, a cat that acts like a dog and goes to the bathroom outdoors. I had a name picked out and I knew exactly how I wanted the cat to act. I wanted it to lay on his back waiting for belly rubs and to scratch at the door when he needs to go out. Perhaps an impossible request for a cat? I was constantly referring to my future cat as if I was expecting him to arrive soon, and my mind was open to different possibilities of him coming around. I sort of expected a friend to have kittens available or something like that, or perhaps a pet store that we stumbled across. What I didn’t expect was for a cat to show up at my door. I was always hoping for a cat that had all of the benefits of being a cat, but didn’t use a litter box and acted like a dog. We can leave him home all day without worrying, or he can stay out all night if he wants to, but he is always interested in belly rubs, or another bowl of food! About 2 months later, an orange cat came to our door in the Canadian -30 freezing rain weather. He seemed to be VERY hungry and continued to come around over the next few days, getting into our trash to eat. This cat WANTS to be in our family. My wife was opposed to taking another animal, especially one that requires vaccines and needs to be neutered. But this cat fits the bill, he purrs louder than I ever heard a cat purr, and he expresses endless gratitude for our offerings. For about two months he lived outside in a heated cat house that I made for him. During this time, he “campaigned” to our family for adoption. Needless to say, even my wife was  eventually convinced that he needed to be a part of our family. We named him Balzak (Zachary) and our twin babies’ crawl all over him and pull his ears while he lays there purring in gratitude. Our new cat acts entirely like a dog, expressing his thanks and has a genuine interest in our family. When the cat asks to go outside, he usually just waits there and meows loudly, not scratching the door like a dog, perhaps a good thing after all. He needs to go on a diet though! We are all grateful and it is just amazing that my thinking of something as far-fetched as a pup-cat would actually come right to our door. Amazing! Daniel Quebec, Canada   Go to the Interviews Page to see and hear Ken talking about Manifesting 123 and you don’t need #3. There is new information here and you won’t hear it anywhere else. It is so simple. Make it work for you! Have a manifesting story to share? This newsletters is published twice a month, on the 1st and 3rd Fridays. Your wonderful manifesting stories continue to come in, and thank you for those. Do you have a story? Please email it in and if it is used for this newsletter, I’ll send you a free, signed copy of the book as a thank you.   Photo credit: Balzak the puppy cat and Manifesting 123 on Pinterest

Manifesting the Really Big Deals – Multiple Choices

Here is a favorite reprise story: Last week a good friend called, wanting to come by and talk a bit. We met about five years ago and immediately hit it off. He wanted to talk about what has been happening with him lately and dropped a hint that manifesting would be involved.He brought over a nice bottle of wine and we settled in. When we first met years ago, I discussed manifesting but not in a form as concise as Manifesting 123. After that first meeting years ago, he told me he had a surprising result after using his thoughts to make change. A month ago, he read Manifesting 123, and decided to give it a try. Much has transpired since then. Richard is a business man and has been involved with fortune 500 companies at a very high level. He has valuable skills that generate millions of additional dollars to those companies that hire him. He also has a few very close friends and trusted business associates he stays in constant touch with. They are very talented individuals with specialties that compliment and overlap. Richard is at the point where he would rather do something on his own rather than work for a large corporation. That’s easy to say, but it takes a great idea, capital and a team to make it happen. Back to the Manifesting book, he told me he is a black and white, analytical kind of guy. The idea of using your thoughts to create outcomes is just out of the box. However, when Richard used the ideas in the book, he got results. Not just one, but a few and they appeared to indicate a cause and result. He was using the ideas in the book everyday. Richard would imagine these perfect scenarios in his future and express gratefulness in each one. Day after day he imagined and polished these ideas and yes, the results were starting to show. Last winter he was vacationing with his family at a rented resort home in the mountains, happy and relaxed. His wife and daughter had left the house and he was along doing his manifesting Movie. In his Movie he was imagining being in his future with all that he desired. He had to laugh. He imagined a second home in the mountains… he was in one! He didn’t need to OWN a second home, he could just rent this one. He stopped the process and followed an urge to go into his daughter’s room. He picked up her sweatshirt that had a lot of writing on the front. The last line said, “Rinse, Wash and Repeat.” OK, so what was he doing pickup up things in her room? He never does that. With a shrug he went back to the living room and began reading Manifesting 123 again. Suddenly it was there in the book, “Rinse, Wash and Repeat.” He felt a reaction form deep inside himself. He couldn’t miss the feeling and when it travelled up his body, he began to cry. When he came over the other night and retold his story, the feeling came over him again and it was unmistakable. Richard had a confirmation. Most of us have felt that moment that touches us at our core but it is rare but usually meaningful. What was going on? He had been observing the unfolding of very important events in the last few weeks. Seeing the phrase again in the book was perhaps a positive signal of some kind, an encouragement. He continued his manifesting routine each day and observed how one of his biggest aspirations was beginning to form up, the opportunity for his own business. In all, there were four business plans that emerged. All were different but well-formed, solid ideas that had national reach. Each came in from one of those trusted associates. He was watching potential dreams emerge. These are complex deals, yet all the talent and funding is in place for each one. It took hours to talk through them all, how they came in and the amazing coincidences that birthed them. There won’t be any business secrets revealed here, only that he had never seen such a fertile time. Did he do this? It is quite possible that he did and Richard is not letting up now. He is carefully exploring each possibility and continuing to take a little time to manifest each day. Manifesting can be very black and white, very cause and effect. At the least, perhaps Richard has discovered a simple tool he can use to his advantage. And here is a Very Interesting result others have reported: He woke up one day with a new calm around him.  At his work, things pull on him less and he feels more confident and happy. It’s a common side-effect of manifesting each day and a very nice one! So two guys sit down to talk about business… What a great night that was, talking about Richard’s successes with manifesting. Not the usual guy-talk, eh? It was exciting to hear about those business possibilities and how Richard is ‘directing’ his manifesting Movie. At times I would remember some of the stories from readers where difficulties were cleared away and opportunities smoothly presented. In all these stories, a good outcome was being manifested and the size or impossibility didn’t matter, what seemed to be a miracle materialized. So what’s the difference between a big miracle and a little one? Nothing. Going a bit further, YOU are the difference. So point yourself to where you want to go. Go far! Ken Go to the Interviews Page to see and hear Ken talking about Manifesting 123 and you don’t need #3. There is new information here and you won’t hear it anywhere else. It is so simple. Make it work for you! Have a manifesting story to share? This newsletters is published twice a month, on the 1st and 3rd Fridays. Your wonderful manifesting stories continue to come in, and thank you for those. Do you have a story? Please email it in and if it is used for this newsletter, I’ll send you a free, signed copy of the book as a thank you.

My Thoughts Did Exactly What I Told Them To Do, Ug!

Our thoughts are always creating, particularly when we are repeating them. Thoughts will act on so-called big or trivial things – whatever our mind  focuses on. Here’s an interesting story with J’s thoughts creating unwanted consequences. Learn more by listening to my online interviews or get the book. Make things happen in the way YOU want them to. Ken J. writes: About 15 years ago, I was living in a part of the country where there were a lot of people who are vegan and they were very strict about it. My associates at work were kind of getting on my back for being an omnivore which means eating meat and vegetables, basically everything, and I got a little tired of them always being on me about it. I knew I wasn’t going to change my eating habits for them. I had already tried going vegan and it failed miserably for me, so I knew I wouldn’t go back and do that again. Instead of telling them no thanks, I started telling them that I was allergic to beans and legumes, which I wasn’t. Back then, vegans typically used all different kinds of legumes like peanuts as their protein source. My allergy response usually put them off so I kept telling them over and over again that I was allergic to beans, I was allergic to beans, even though I wasn’t. Yes, I lied but I got them to back off. Lo and behold, 10 years have passed since then and I have to confess that about 5 years ago, I started developing an allergy to peanuts. I was in my early to mid 40s at the time and it is pretty unusual at that age to develop an allergy to something like that that. Then another year or two later, I started developing allergies to all legumes including green beans and peas, so I have been living with this for years now. Just a few months ago this summer I realized that holy cow, I actually talked myself into this allergy all those years ago! There was never an allergy like this in my family at all, so there was no basis for it. I knew in that moment that I had made it happen, so I started trying to undo it and actually, it’s been successful so far. What I keep repeating to myself instead of being allergic to beans is something like, “Now I can eat beans freely and healthfully,” and, “Now I no longer react to legumes at all.” It’s beginning to turn around now so I can eat little bit of legumes like soy or almond green beans without having a reaction. I’m going to continue to work on that and make it better so I don’t have to worry at all about consuming beans of any kind. Thoughts are powerful and I did this to myself. I will just as powerfully undo it and thankfully, I am already seeing the results. J   Go to the Interviews Page to see and hear Ken talking about Manifesting 123 and you don’t need #3. There is new information here and you won’t hear it anywhere else. It is so simple. Make it work for you! Have a manifesting story to share? This newsletters is published twice a month, on the 1st and 3rd Fridays. Your wonderful manifesting stories continue to come in, and thank you for those. Do you have a story? Please email it in and if it is used for this newsletter, I’ll send you a free, signed copy of the book as a thank you.   Photo credit: Pexel / Tina Nord; and Manifesting 123 on Pinterest  

Against All Odds, Manifesting a Home for Her Family

T writes: I would like to share my manifestation testimonial with you and let you know that simply based off of the website testimonials, I was able to manifest a home for our family! I don’t even have your book yet, but just using some of the steps I’ve seen others on the website use, I was able to manifest it! Please feel free to publish this testimonial on the page to give some hope and encouragement to those wanting to try manifesting something that seems well beyond their reach. Thank you so much again for all that you do for this world!!! Here is my story: It worked for me! I am in such shock right now, because I knew it COULD work theoretically, but I didn’t know for sure it WOULD work. On February 22, I decided that I would do a 30-day Manifestation Challenge. My daily affirmation was “Our 2 bedroom home in Albuquerque is on its way!” Me, my husband, and our two daughters lived in California at the time but we had been planning on moving to Albuquerque at the end of our lease. No family, no friends out there, just us. We knew it wouldn’t be easy to land a new rental though, because we have poor credit and an eviction on our record. I had a work-from-home job that I’d be able to continue working while in Albuquerque, but not my husband. Because of our poor credit and rental history, every time I would send in an application for a spot in New Mexico, we’d get denied. I didn’t know HOW we would get the house, but I knew that’s what I wanted. So everyday, I would say my affirmation, I would also write it down at the top of the page in my gratitude journal, make sure to visualize it everyday, and added it to my vision board that I already had on my computer desktop background. On March 22nd, we drove down to NM with nowhere to go, but an AirBnb that we had booked for 2 days. Because of the current Coronavirus national lockdown, I noticed on the AirBnB page that there would be a freeze on future bookings. That’s when it dawned on me! Why not ask the owner if we could rent THIS house from him! I proposed the idea to him and he loved the it! He drafted up the lease and now we have been living here for the past 5 months! No application process, no rental history check, no credit check and it’s the perfect house for our little family! It’s a beautiful THREE bedroom home (I only asked for 2!!!), fully furnished in a beautiful part of town and it came on literally day 30 of my manifesting challenge. It seems like this is a made-up story when I say it out loud, but I swear it’s 100% true! I’m sooo excited! I can’t wait to KEEP manifesting! I don’t even have a copy of Ken’s book yet! I was just using some of the strategies some of the other success stories from the newsletter! I’m going to set up a new 30-day goal now. I’m just so grateful for Ken’s newsletter here for giving me the courage to attempt to attract something that seemed so out of reach for us (especially in only 30 days)! Thank you, Ken, SO MUCH! And I would definitely advise everyone to give it a shot! Kind regards, T. Go to the Interviews Page to see and hear Ken talking about Manifesting 123 and you don’t need #3. There is new information here and you won’t hear it anywhere else. It is so simple. Make it work for you! Have a manifesting story to share? This newsletters is published twice a month, on the 1st and 3rd Fridays. Your wonderful manifesting stories continue to come in, and thank you for those. Do you have a story? Please email it in and if it is used for this newsletter, I’ll send you a free, signed copy of the book as a thank you. Photo credits thevoicesofhope.com and Manifesting 123 on Pinterest

If You Can Think It, You Can Bring It!

Nicole writes: On July 15, 2020, I was on a Zoom call with my two friends and we had been playing around with the idea of using our imaginations to create/manifest things we wanted in our physical worlds. While in a group meditation, we were all practicing imagining, creating and manifesting what we needed in our worlds while also energetically supporting each other. I started to play around by envisioning my future which included my husband and our future child we are hoping soon enters our lives. I was picturing the stereotypical New England, 4 bedroom Colonial home with a large private backyard yard, a dog and perhaps a pool. Then my focus shifted to having a new car sitting in the driveway. My 2013 Honda CRV had served me well over the past 7 years with about 95,000 miles on it. The car was beginning to drive a bit rougher and had begun making a few noises here and there. Being on the road all the time for my job, I asked intuitively if it was finally time to trade in my trusted SUV for a newer, safer one, but no immediate answer was received.  Continuing to use my imagination, I focused on a newer, safer SUV for me and our growing family. I started to see a darker colored SUV with plenty of space for car seats, strollers, and real estate signs, sitting in the driveway of the home I had been imagining. I began to focus more intently on that SUV, letting go of the rest my manifesting thoughts and solely focusing on the car. I intuitively started seeing an image of exactly what I needed in my next car, down to the leather heated seats, AWD, sunroof, all must-haves for me. Sitting in mediation and thinking about this car is one thing, but at some point, I knew that action should be taken. So I began to research SUVs and Crossovers in-depth on a Thursday evening, looking at their safety ratings, spacious interiors, reviews and ability to drive in the snow. To my surprise after about 4 hours of serious digging, I had narrowed it down to 4 SUVs that could work for me. I was leaning towards the Subaru Outback and decided to look at the local dealership to see what they had in stock. There it was, a beautiful silvery-blue Premium Outback under $35,000. I immediately hit the “request more” info button but since It was now close to midnight, I knew I wouldn’t hear anything until the morning. I went to bed again asking for a sign that it was time for a new car. I’m in the real estate business and the next morning I was sitting in at a home closing just a 1/4 mile down the road from the Subaru dealer I contacted the night before. To my amusement, I received a call from Subaru in the middle of my closing which I was unable to answer, but I must have laughed out loud at the irony of the situation. My client asked me what was so funny, so I explained that I wasn’t sure if it was the right time for me to trade in my car and explore buying a new one, but the call I missed was the dealership. She looked at me and said, “Well how many miles does your car have on it now?” When I told her the mileage, she exclaimed: “That is a no brainer, you have to sell before it hits 100,000 miles. You need to go to the dealership after we are done here.” The other real estate agent and closing agent also agreed that I should at least go have a look. I took this as the sign, and the answer I had been asking for – it was time. When I showed up at the dealership, it wasn’t great news – the car I was interested in, the beautiful silvery-blue Outback was already spoken for. However, the salesman said, we do have 2 more available Outback’s on the lot. One was a special Onyx sporty model that didn’t interest me, and the other was a Limited Black Outback with chrome trim, leather heated seats, a sunroof and other bells and whistles such as navigation, and a ton of safety features. This car was a far superior, more desirable version of what I had been looking for, but $3,500 more than I wanted to pay, so I wasn’t sure. Due to Covid-19, the test driving rules had changed and I was allowed to drive it on my own. They gave me a map and sent me on my way. Of course, I LOVED the car. It had everything I had envisioned, two-toned leather heated seats, sunroof, heated seats, and more. This was the ONE if they offered it me the right price and gave me a good trade-in value for my car. It would be coming home with me. To my astonishment, he was willing to lower the price and with my trade-in, the pricing came in just right. Once they handed me the keys, I sat there for a minute, completely astonished by what had transpired over the last 48 hours. My manifesting had not only brought me the car I was envisioning but went one step further to upgrade it to the better model car I truly wanted. My intention was to get the very best and safest car for me and it had magically appeared right before my eyes. The power of our imagination and our ability to manifest is incredible and I will continuing to manifest and create my best world. Nicole Go to the Interviews Page to see and hear Ken talking about Manifesting 123 and you don’t need #3. There is new information here and you won’t hear it anywhere else. It is so simple. Make it work for you! Have a manifesting story to share? This newsletters is published twice a month, on the 1st and 3rd Fridays. Your

I Manifested Something Richer Than I Would Have Ever Dreamed to Ask For

Back in 2012 I started to think about traveling around in a RV. I liked the idea of the freedom it would bring as well as the unplanned experiences that would come with it. The thought stayed with me and it became a part of me. I was also thinking of having a loving partner and I consciously began to visualize him as well. I was learning the qualities I wanted in him and I knew it was very important for me to be aware of who and how I am and meet this partner as an equal, each on a high level. Another visualization I was doing involved a place to live, more in a country setting on a piece of land with trees where I have a very comfortable living space with a separate dedicated place for an art studio. Gradually, I began to feel that I was eligible for someone like that and I deserved it. This was a very important realization and it made my manifesting even more powerful with this loving and confident emotion. To my heart’s surprise, I did meet that man and why am I surprised – we had the same dreams and interests.  A couple of years later, we decided to dive into our life together by moving me to New Hampshire where he is from.  He also had a dream to own an RV and ended up picking me up from Colorado with his new (used) RV. It was incredible to watch him pull up in this amazing motorhome.  Some years earlier, he was involved in a lawnmower accident, almost died twice and endured many surgeries. He became very self-aware in order to get through the accident and to heal himself physically and emotionally. It was like starting over for him. We are a very good match. After living in the RV for 4 months in New Hampshire, we located a property we fell in love with that had a home and two outbuildings, one for my art studio and the other for his workshop and tools. It is the idyllic place for us, especially with the layout of the land and trees.  The best part of our property is that it abuts a cemetery.  Now we have a quiet, private gem and are grateful everyday. We are very happy and we remain that way because we are aware of how we constantly interact with each other, and even though we have differences and tough spots at times, we know we are worth it. We have a lot of tools to solve those differences and continue to grow. We choose to remaine together at those moments. We have changed a lot over the years and because we do the “work” in that regard, we have grown closer and have been full partners, enriching our lives. We speak up knowing that it is an opportunity for more understanding, growth and love. I started out thinking about traveling in an RV and meeting that good man. I continue to dream, by using my imagination and utilizing vision boards and why wouldn’t I? My life has come a long way as a result of my manifesting and I’m not stopping now. Denise View Denise’s Portraits by Deeds website   Go to the Interviews Page to see and hear Ken talking about Manifesting 123 and you don’t need #3. There is new information here and you won’t hear it anywhere else. It is so simple. Make it work for you! Have a manifesting story to share? This newsletters is published twice a month, on the 1st and 3rd Fridays. Your wonderful manifesting stories continue to come in, and thank you for those. Do you have a story? Please email it in and if it is used for this newsletter, I’ll send you a free, signed copy of the book as a thank you.

OK! I’ll Ask and See What Happens

Do we get in the way of our own success? Sure, it’s a common behavior, but why? This might be helpful. Remember, there are two great powers: Love and Fear. If we can see our actions as being in one of those positions, we just might be able to see if we are in our own way for cleared to fly. Which would you prefer? Ken  Sometimes you just have to make a conscious choice to get over your old beliefs in order to become who it is you really are. ASK for what you desire. I’m an author in the spiritual genre and I enjoy hearing what other authors like me have to say. One other author I follow, we’ll call him Dave (not his real name), has written many books on topics ranging from consciousness to magic to creativity and music and UFOs. Yes, his interests are wide-ranging but I enjoy his open-minded and curious investigation into this grand experiment called physical reality. Over the last several years, a lot of the work Dave has been doing relates to consciousness: what it is and how it impacts our view of reality. I was looking through his recent podcasts and noticed that while he was interested in the subject that I primarily write about (the wisdom that can come from near-death experiences), he hasn’t had any guests on his program like me. He hasn’t had an NDE experiencer on his show. My initial thought was, well, I could be that person. Then old beliefs and programming popped up. I wasn’t important enough to be on a show like his. I wouldn’t have anything worthwhile to say. Who did I think I was, anyway, wanting to be on Dave’s show? I allowed that old programming to run for about a day, maybe a little more. It didn’t feel very good, but every time I had the inclination to write Dave an email, I found a way to procrastinate. Wow, I need to go pick those flowers, rake the debris out of the flower beds, pick a paint color for the walls…I kept finding reason after reason to avoid sending that email. And here I was, Ms. Spiritual Author, allowing old patterns to resurface. The next morning, I awoke with the realization that I just needed to get over my darn self and ASK for what I wanted. What was I waiting for? That Dave would magically discover me and invite me on his show? That might happen eventually, but if I wanted to do my part and take a step toward my desires (ultimately, to help more people learn from the wisdom I was given in Heaven), I would have to just get over myself and contact him. I asked myself, “What would be the worst that could happen?” He doesn’t reply? I could handle that. The other “worst” is that he could say no. Well, that wasn’t a problem either. So, I started typing. I wrote a courteous and truthful email about how I valued his contribution to the study of consciousness, and if he ever wanted to talk about NDEs on his program, I’d enjoy being a part of it. Then, before my old programming kicked in and deleted the message, I clicked SEND! I didn’t have an expectation of any kind as to when he would, or if he would, get back to me. I suspected Dave might be pretty busy, what with several podcasts a week and working on a book. I figured that at best, it might be several days before I heard back from him. In an hour I received a reply, and he asked me to be on his show! Sometimes you just have to make a choice to get over yourself, push past your old ways of doing things, and make a move. At the least, just ask. Nancy Rynes Author of Awakenings from the Light and Messages from Heaven website Go to the Interviews Page to see and hear Ken talking about Manifesting 123 and you don’t need #3. There is new information here and you won’t hear it anywhere else. It is so simple. Make it work for you! Have a manifesting story to share? This newsletters is published twice a month, on the 1st and 3rd Fridays. Your wonderful manifesting stories continue to come in, and thank you for those. Do you have a story? Please email it in and if it is used for this newsletter, I’ll send you a free, signed copy of the book as a thank you.   Photo credit: Pexels.com Marcelo Chagas and Manifesting 123 on Pinterest  

Praying for the Cure: Message Received at the DMV

Here is one of my favorite stories that bears repeating. Thank you Hoss, for letting me share this. Ken Recently I was invited to appear on a local radio show here in Denver. It was fun to be live in the studio with radio hosts Greg and Lisa. Most of my radio interviews are in other parts of the country and take place by phone. The owner of the radio and recording studio facility is Hoss. I told Hoss I was interested in doing an audiobook version of Manifesting 123 and he recommended the perfect person to me. So lately I’ve been recording at Hoss’ studio and spending more time with him there.A number of talk shows originate from his station. His philosophy is to have upbeat programs without offensive language. He is basically trying to put some good out into the world. I’m glad we got to spend more time together. Hoss has a lot of interesting stories from his years in the broadcast industry. Then there was that one personal story that really got my attention. I’m delighted that Hoss has allowed me to pass this onto you. Some years back, he was diagnosed with an incurable type of cancer. He was a very sick man and it didn’t help his struggle mentally to know that one of his best friends had been diagnosed with the same type of cancer about a year before. The difference was that his friend’s cancer was operable, but Hoss’ was not. Hoss, his friends, family and total strangers, were putting up a lot of prayers. He was doing some very serious asking and petitioning. He did not want to die. Leading up to the diagnosis, Hoss underwent exploratory surgery. While the doctor had his suspicions of what he was going to find, he needed to see exactly what causing the excruciating pain. After opening Hoss up and exposing the cantaloupe-sized tumor to the surgical team, the prognosis was pretty grim. Turned out that this was the exact same 8-person surgical team that operated on Hoss’ friend who had been diagnosed a year earlier. The cancer was pretty much identical, except for the location. Hoss wasn’t expected to live through the night. The next morning the doctor was doing his rounds and was surprised to see that Hoss was still alive, but in pretty bad shape. The doctor told Hoss to hang on and that he would return later in the day. When he returned, he brought an Oncologist with him who had amazingly enough, treated Hoss’s friend. It was at this time that Hoss was told that he had cancer. While the Oncologist was upbeat, his prognosis was that Hoss would not live more than 6 months. To his credit, the doctor did not share that prognosis with Hoss and discharged him from the hospital a week later, scheduling him for 6 months of experimental and intensive chemotherapy. Months later, Hoss was still extremely weak and far from a picture of health. The medical bills had really mounted up, so Hoss decided that he would have a garage sale in an attempt to bring in some extra cash. On the day of the sale his daughter came to him and asked for a favor. She said she would run the garage sale if he would go to the DMV and renew her license plates. That sounded like torture to Hoss. Because of his very fragile health and low-energy, it would take a real effort for him to get to and from the DMV. However, to please his daughter he made the trip. When he got into the waiting room, all the chairs were full except for two, side by side in the front row. A large number of people were standing all around the perimeter of the room. Hoss needed to sit down and he told me he would’ve done whatever it took to get one of those two chairs. He got lucky and collapsed into one of the chairs. Now he just had to tough it out for the long, long wait until his number was called. Almost immediately a woman sat down next to him and began to chat. She was a real talker and Hoss didn’t have the energy or desire to carry on a conversation. She was friendly enough and hard to ignore, but he didn’t give her much in the way of responses. Then she mentioned that she was a nurse. Hoss has a real soft spot in his heart for nurses and he began to engage a bit more. Hoss talked about his cancer and the nurse said that she knew his surgeon’s mother. The mother had recently died and this nurse helped her through hospice. What a small world it was. Hoss was glad that he made the effort to talk with this woman. Then his number was called, but before he could stand up, this lady patted him on the leg, called him by name, and told him that everything would be OK. Hoss thanked her and got up to walk over to the clerk’s window. After a few steps he suddenly stopped, realizing that he had intentionally not given this lady his name, yet she knew it!  He turned around to ask her how she knew his name, but she was gone and two other people were sitting in the chairs that Hoss and the nurse had occupied just seconds ago. Hoss was stunned. This women had no way of knowing what his name was. The room was still full of people but there was only one door out and he thought that he could easily find her. There’s no way she could have exited the room that quickly. He was hanging by the clerks window in disbelief. She simply wasn’t in the room now but she knew his name. The clerk asked Hoss, “Are you alright?” He stammered out that he was OK, then he asked the woman, “Did you see the woman that I was talking