With an Ease and a Grace

Nancy Rynes is an author and dear friend. She was involved in a serious accident resulting in her having one of the more remarkable near-death experiences (NDE) I have ever heard of.She was in what many would call Heaven for the equivalent of 2-3 months. Her book is a must-read. I am passing on Nancy’s newsletter this week, a part of which includes a conversation we recently had.She is discussing the topic of using prayer and intention to help another person. FYI, earlier this week Nancy was interviewed by NBC’s Megyn Kelly on the Today Show.There is a very nice manifesting story in this and it will be next week’s Manifesting 1, 2, 3 newsletter. Here’s the link to her interview. Ken By Nancy Rynes, author of Awakenings from the Light Nancy’s website Have you ever wanted to help a friend make a positive change in his life but didn’t know how, or even if, to step in? This can feel especially challenging since we know it’s not in anyone’s best interests to try to make decisions for another adult.Sometimes all you can really do is pray. But what is the best way to pray, and what should you ask for? * A few months ago, a friend who I’ll call Melanie (not her real name) called me for help about her brother, John.John was in his early twenties and seemed to be going through a very rough patch in his life. Low self-esteem and depression haunted him and to Melanie, it looked like his life was taking a very dark turn. Melanie and I knew that at this point, there was little we could do to “force” John onto a brighter path. She vowed to continue encouraging her brother to seek psychotherapy but we both wanted to do more for him, something spiritually-based. So we prayed. We asked Spirit to bring the best and highest good into John’s life. While that seemed like a helpful, basic prayer, I wondered if there was something more we could do. I know from my own NDE and life experiences that it’s unwise and unhealthy to try to make decisions for another responsible adult. Sure, if John was in immediate danger, Melanie would have had cause to step in. But outside of crisis situations, it’s disempowering and plain wrong to try to control, manipulate, or steer another adult into a decision that you and you alone believe is best for him. Each person is on his or her own life path and there is no way you or I can know what decision is truly right for another adult. If John were to ask for help or advice, I certainly would have given it. But he didn’t. He kept to himself and refused to confide in his sister. Feeling that there might still be something more we could do to help John, I called my friend Ken Elliott. Ken is an expert at using the power of visualization to help people achieve their goals. I explained to Ken that I knew I couldn’t use visualization to make someone else’s change.Sure, I could pray and visualize John working through his darknesses, but would be more powerful coming from John himself. I explained to Ken that we had tried praying, “Spirit, may the best and highest good be done in John’s life.” Ken’s insight into that prayer turned out to be almost magical. He said to add, “…ease and a grace. Make sure you specify that the best and highest good be done in his life with an ease and a grace. We want this to be as easy as possible on John.” Wow, something really clicked for me. I definitely didn’t want John to experience something harsh that would come and turn his life around.I wanted whatever unfolded to be as easy and graceful for him as possible. So Melanie and I began praying, “Spirit, may the best and highest good be done in John’s life, with ease and grace.”I also added some visualization of John with a smile on his face and loving life, just as a little bit of a spiritual boost. It worked. A week later, Melanie and I had set up a time to have a serious but loving conversation with John. We wanted to tell him that we cared and were prepared to do whatever was necessary in order to help him work through this rough patch. Melanie knew her brother well and expected a lot of pushback, even some loud arguments. And it wouldn’t have surprised her for John to storm off. But we’d been using “with ease and grace” for a week while visualizing the best outcome possible, so I secretly hoped things would be different this time. In the first few minutes of the conversation John became a little defensive, but to Melanie’s shock he quickly regained control and thoughtfully listened to what his sister had to say.This was so unlike his normal personality that later, Melanie said it was as if there was some imposter sitting in place of her brother. John continued to listen as Melanie explained her concerns and gave him a few options they could pursue to get him some help. Soon, John’s spirits visibly lifted and he started to seem truly excited about one of the plans his sister had presented to him. By the end of the evening, John and Melanie were excitedly planning out the next steps in helping him take control of his life again. He was laughing too, and telling funny stories about the family. Yes, something definitely shifted for him that evening. Maybe it was simply the care and compassion Melanie showed to her brother that did the trick, but I think there was something else at work too. Helping John choose a path out of his darkness was much easier and more graceful than either Melanie or I could have dreamed. Our concerns that he might start an argument or storm off simply dissolved away. Instead, the entire evening’s conversation was so

Make it Happen with a Good Business Plan and Manifesting!

Bob is a fixture in the Denver art scene as an independent artist that doesn’t need gallery representation to get by. He has work in a prominent Denver museum and is a big supporter of other artists, showing them how to be successful in their careers, each in their own way. Here is another story showing the simplicity and power of thought when it is coupled with desire, gratitude and common sense. Thank you, Bob! Ken Bob Ragland writes: I have been a successful, self-supporting artist for decades now.It takes a lot of hard work and the dedication not only to be an artist but to also be good on the business side. People don’t get up in the morning saying, “I just have to buy a piece of artwork today,” we have to work to be seen. I’ve been in some financial fixes before and I have strategy to get through the difficulties.For starters, I always have a number of artworks on hand. I work directly with people and not through galleries so it’s up to me to make things happen. Not too long ago, I decided I was pretty close to paying off my mortgage, so instead of plodding along until it was paid off, I decided on a plan to make that payoff a reality. It was a combination of good business practices and knowing that my thoughts have the power to make things happen. Here’s what I did. The amount of money I needed wasn’t that big but it was going to require a lot of sales.I figured the best way to do that was to create some sort of event and make the sales happen in a short amount of time. What to do? Create a powerful intention and get to work on it. I got out a piece of paper and wrote down my thoughts. I know that writing something down crystallizes thought, so I put it to work. From a business point of view, I knew what the numbers needed to be and I made that a part of what I wrote down as well. I am going to make this happen! Next, I called the Denver Post with the story idea of a long-standing local artist who works out of his home studio.The artist has a large body of work, each with a good story and the artist is not very well-known publicly but widely known in the artist community. He would open his home / studio for short period of time and happily invite people in for an entertaining afternoon of art and conversation. The day the story came out I got 26 phone calls from people that were intrigued by the article and wanted to drop by.Very quickly there were 17 purchasers of artworks and the proceeds were enough to pay off my mortgage, a happy day!  The whole thing was a resounding success and looking back, it all came from a simple intention and business plan. The power of thought and common business sense is a powerful thing! Tough times never last, but tough people do. Bob View Bob’s artworks on Facebook  NPR radio interview Bob’s Tools 4 Artists on Lori McNee’s-Fine Art Tips Bob’s “How To” of Artistic Success Contact Bob directly by email 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? 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.

The Unbelievable Request. Don’t Try This!

Recently I’ve had a number of conversations with friends and readers where we earnestly discuss manifesting concepts and practices. In our discussions we often find ourselves falling into habitual phrases like, “There is no way I can make this happen,” or the classics, “I’m in such a bad place,” and “I can’t afford to do that.” What we think and say creates. So on that note, here is one of my favorite manifesting stories from the past, a big success, but not what you would expect! Ken What should I ask for? Be smart! That is totally up to you, thank goodness! You are free to create anything without limits. Create an excess in your life of joy and affluence and give the extra away. Overflow your cup and share if you like. Go beyond the minimum and fly. I find myself asking for a number of good things throughout the day and at times I may feel anxious with some requests. There is that phrase, “Be careful what you ask for.” Here is a cautionary story from a few months ago. Two friends and I went out for dinner one night. We were enjoying ourselves in conversation and included our waitress from time to time. Our talk turned to manifesting, and when our waitress overheard a bit of what we were saying, she nodded in approval. “So do you ask or wish for things to come into your life?” I asked her. “Funny you should ask that,” she said with a faraway look on her face. “A month ago I was asking to be in a car wreck.” “What?” we all asked in unison, shocked. The waitress said a few months earlier her girlfriend had been involved in a car accident. Apparently the girlfriend came away with little or no injuries and with another bit of good fortune. She received a monetary settlement as a result of the collision. Our waitress didn’t disclose the amount but apparently the payment provoked an idea. “So, you were wishing for a car wreck so you could get a cash settlement?” I asked. She had a half smile and ironic look on her face. It was obvious she had given this a lot of thought. “Yes, it’s seemed like a pretty good idea at the time,” she said. The three of us were in a state of disbelief. We were in the manifesting choir. All of us had talked about intention and positive thoughts many times. We would never in our wildest dreams put out an intention like that. Our minds registered an alarm but we started laughing at the absurdity of her request. Like waiting for a man to step on a banana peel, we wanted to know what was coming next, but part of us did not want to know. We leaned forward…“So?” “Two weeks ago I was crossing the street and I got hit by a car.” “You’re kidding!” I said. “You weren’t in a car. You were a pedestrian and got hit by a car?” I’m glad she kept that grin. “Yes, I was walking across the street and got hit. I’m okay though. It was very minor and everything turned out alright.” “I can’t believe you did that,” I said as we all laughed with relief. “Obviously you needed the money. Did you get a settlement?” “No,” she said, “but I did learn a good lesson.” Don’t mess around with natural laws. At the core of Manifesting 1,2,3 and you don’t need #3 is this fundamental truth: your thoughts build things. Really. You can build the sweet, you can manifest your worries and even make catastrophes. It has been my experience for many years that when you are thinking of something, it begins to form up in the other, non-physical reality. Many times I would send things in thought to my dear friend Judy Goodman and she was gifted enough to see what I was creating in this non-physical reality from 2000 miles away. What I was thinking created a vaporous form in her living room! This is new information and should you use it, you will move from the hoping and waiting mode to creating anything you point yourself to. If you continue to think on an object or concept, it will begin to take form in the non-physical reality as a vapor and eventually become something so solid and full-color in that ‘spirit’ realm that it will manifest into your physical world. Anything. Always. It is a Law of Nature just like gravity. You don’t have to be an expert at dropping things – that is what gravity does. No skills are necessary to harness gravity and it is the same with manifesting. It’s all in the book waiting for you hit the switch! Did I just hear a click? 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? 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: unknown, and Manifesting123 on Pinterest

What Would You Manifest if You Could?

Here is a gentle story about asking for a gift, one of guidance and knowing. We can manifest more than things. Think about those concepts that would be of great benefit to you: wisdom, happiness, calm, love and more. There are no limits but answers can come in many forms. Ken Davie writes: When I was in my 30’s, I decided that I wanted an inner guidance to help me be all that I could be and to be of more help to others.I did more than just desire and ask, I tried everything that came along: pendulums, dousing rods, muscle twitching and even listening to my body’s sounds like tummy groans. I was determined to have a means of really accurate guidance so I continued to ask, seek and learn.Then on an afternoon twenty years later, this guidance clearly came to me but in a most unusual form. I began to feel warm, sweet chills that started in my back, something similar to goosebumps and it was a clear, positive confirmation that I had received a new gift after all these years of asking. Godbumps is the term that best describes them. This sensation made me feel special and loved. The sensations were so intense I cried with them for weeks off and on. Once I became more accustomed to them, I realized I could use them for guidance. It was just what I had been searching for and two decades later, I am still using them to help me decide what is best for me. If I get the Godbumps while asking about an idea of mine, it is a green light from my soul to put energy into the idea. Like many of us, I get guidance in other, small ways but those sweet chills are my main guidance.Sometimes I even follow them blindly because it has worked so well for me. I write down all the guidance hits I get in a journal: “Thanks for the Chills,” where those positive confirmations are highlighted. Since I get a surplus of ideas, I ‘ask’ my guidance which ones to put energy into or even which is my next, best idea to follow.Those Godbumps make all the difference. I have improved my sensitivity to them by changing my environment with incense or music and now I have also learned that raising my hands over my head helps as well. This all sounds a bit out of the box but this guidance has been a very important part of my life for 20 years now, and has proven time and again to be a very valuable tool.I put my time and energy into the ideas that are confirmed this way. Something like these chills or goosebumps happen to other people when they listening to music with a lot of heart in it. Others are moved to tears individually or in groups when they are in the presence of that heartfelt something. My wife gets tingles in the head for her ‘Godbumps’ and we have written a book about this if you are interested. More about it on Amazon   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? 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: left, Pixabay and Manifesting 123 on Pinterest

Note to Self: Don’t Forget to Use Manifesting 1, 2, 3 for Everything!

Richard writes: I am a self-employed, small product manufacturer. My business is steady and successful but there is always room for more, right? Aside from my usual work, individuals and businesses would sometimes contact me for specialized, commissioned items. I really enjoy doing them and it is additional business that wouldn’t normally have. These commissions were coming in sporadically, just a few a year, but it made me think about the idea of manifesting more.I’m very familiar with Manifesting 1, 2, 3 and you don’t need #3and it is been very successful for me in a number of ways. So many times I have wanted an improvement in my life but I was slow to think about the possibilities of manifesting that positive change. This idea of having more commissions was a perfect example. Yes, I would love to have more commissions but I wasn’t sure of how to make it happen. After a year and a half thinking this way it finally occurred to me to manifest a solution. Lacking in any other solid ideas, I simply added this phrase to my daily manifesting routine, “I’m in my future and I always have very profitable commissions in progress. I am very proud of how the come out and my clients are very happy with them as well. They are always finished on time and the success of each one leads to more commissions.” Then I add, “I am so grateful.” After using the new manifesting phrases, I began to manifest pretty steady commissions last summer and beginning last fall, I noticed that commissions began to pick up even more.That continued into this year and looking back, I could see that I had almost continuous commissions the entire time. That is exciting. But it didn’t stop there because my latest commission / contract is over eight times larger than anything I’ve ever had in the past!I can’t imagine what’s going to happen next but I will continue to use what I learned in the book to create more successes going forward. I am so very grateful for my manifesting results and I’m writing to tell you that it works! Richard   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? 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: Gubbles, and Manifesting123 on Pinterest

Long Odds on That Favorable Outcome? Talk to Ava

Here’s a simple thought. Do you have wishes or desires? Take Ava’s lead and turn them into goals, then add manifesting and watch what happens. Ken Ava writes: I work hard to be the very best mom to my dear daughters.As a single, working mom it isn’t the easiest task and finances are tight, but my daughters and I are a great team. I have taught them about prayer and a higher power and we also work together manifesting. We have created many good things together, some that have made this newsletter in the past. Here’s our latest story and it is one that we are very proud of.Two years ago I saw a local story about an 18-year-old girl that received a college scholarship. Well, that is exactly the sort of thing I needed for my 14-year-old daughter. I strive to ensure that they get the best education possible and part of that is to look ahead and plan for college acceptance. That article was just the thing I needed to make a ‘future board’ from that scholarship story.I cut out a photo of my daughter’s face placed it on top of the girl in the newspaper and then I took a marker and wrote in our desired university. Next I crossed out the 18 out and wrote 16, the age we wanted my daughter to receive her scholarship. I placed it near her study desk and it has remained there for the last 2 years. My daughter is a very good student and I matched her diligence by making sure all of her college entrance materials were properly submitted and put together in the best way possible. It was just month that I just felt the urge to take the future board down and get a good look at it, so I did. It was nice to hold, a hopeful piece of the future. Here’s the good part. Just last week we received an important communication from That College.My daughter was selected to receive a scholarship!!  After all of the initial screaming, it hit us that with a goal and hard work we manifested something that most people told us we couldn’t since I home schooled my girls. We often make the impossible real. We set the goals we desire and go right to work on them. Our focus is on the goal and not the odds. Manifesting has been an important tool for focusing on an idea and bringing it to life. We are so grateful here! Ava   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? 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.

How Could A Home on the River Flow to Me?

We are well past 200 stories in this newsletter and each one is extraordinary and special in its own way. Some outcomes seem larger than others but that’s not the point. People are asking for things or concepts and they are seeing results. Fast or slow, big or small, whatever they repetitively put their minds to began manifesting in their lives. This is the book that explains how your thoughts actually create form and shows you a very efficient way to make it work. M. learned about Manifesting 1,2,3 and you don’t need #3 from hearing me discuss it – she never read the entire book. It is that easy to understand and put into practice. Ken   M. writes: My husband and I had lived in a large, Victorian home for many years. Since it is just the two of us, I felt that it was a lot of space inside and outside, making it difficult to maintain. He was happy with the house as it was and I never could get him to consider downsizing. My suggestions went on for 2 years, but he was very set on staying in the big house. After meeting Ken and hearing him speak about his book, I made other plans. For whatever the reason, I always wanted to live right on the N. River in Massachusetts. It was a big dream of mine but an impractical one because houses on that river get a big premium. But after hearing about Manifesting 1,2,3 and some of those success stories, I decided to put it to work for me. After two years of waiting for something to happen, I took it on myself to take action. Here is what I did every night at bedtime. I would imagine that I am in some future time, living in the perfect home on the N. River with my husband. It is just the right size, a beautiful river property with an art studio for me and the right kind of workshop area for my husband. In this future of mine, everything worked out financially somehow and we are very happy to be there. In my mind this is all taking place in an imaginary future. The home has already happened, we are living in it and after my pleasant vision I always say how grateful I am and thank God for making it happen. That’s it. Sometime later I got on the computer because I had the urge to look at houses. In the past there hadn’t been anything interesting to consider. This time was different. With very little effort, a home came up with a N. River location. It was smaller with an amazing art studio space and ample room for a workshop. It seemed just right and I was very surprised that the price wasn’t extravagant. I told a close a close friend about it and to my surprise, she owned it years ago as an investment property! The present owner was doing the same, having bought the house recently. He made some cosmetic improvements, nothing major and put it back on the market to flip it. My friend and I arranged to see the house and I was absolutely struck. It was that perfect home on the river! I fell in love with it, took pictures and sat on the idea until the perfect opportunity came up to show my husband. I kept up my nightly vision of living there, put together photos of all the good features he would like and stayed patient. One evening I was on the computer and he came over to chat. That’s when I told him about the river house. He didn’t say a word at first but then he asked to see the photos I’d saved. He liked it! In a very short time we toured the house together, bought it and moved in. During the move, I found an old etching hidden behind a table. I had completely forgotten about it. My friends and I all agree that it looks like the river view from the back of our present home. Here is a photo of the etching and a bit of the big, backyard view. There is another art connection to our new home… Several years ago, and before we purchased the house, I painted the N. River flowing under the bridge to our home. That painting was exhibited at a prestigious, national art show. Little did I know that I would be living there someday. This looked so impossible but I manifested it anyway. I am continually blessed each day to be living amongst nature, wildlife and the river. The house is not the only thing that I have made happen and my friends have noticed. They tell my I’m a very good manifester and I am! M.   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? 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: left, M’s backyard and Manifesting123 on Pinterest

Ask, Allow Some Space, and Love Finds a Way

Here is a most improbable love story. Chris understands how to make things happen and how to stay out of her own way. Her happiness and balance came first and by staying true to that, her intention for a loving partner was free to arrive by any path, even a most unusual one. Ken   Chris writes, After my divorce years ago, I thought very hard about what I desired to happen next.I was fine on my own but it would be very nice to find my heart’s companion. After some serious self-reflection, my plan would be first to be happy and whole on my own. Next, I would use what I know about manifesting and put it to use in a powerful way. I bought a pouch and put these carefully considered items into it: My dad’s wedding band to honor my belief in marriage and for sobriety.My dad was a good man and an alcoholic. That gene was passed onto me and in time, I overcame that difficult addiction. A key to my home, for trust. A small, bronze heart, for my belief in love and that I could give my heart again. From a magazine, I cut out a picture of a very large diamond, for the idea that I would be with a very giving person and that he would treat me like a princess. My intention being done, I put the pouch up on the shelf and said a prayer that it would be done. Six months later, I allowed myself a trip to Palm Springs, CA to have some free time for myself and to be with friends there.I hadn’t been dating and the idea of being single in Palm Springs was a bit disconcerting. It is important to note that I wasn’t searching for that companion and love. I was free from the idea of being lonely and incomplete without a partner. The pouch was done, my intention was made and a supporting prayer was said, so I confidently went to California without a pause. I felt all that was necessary had been done. All was fine on my trip until a local friend want me to meet him at a popular restaurant.He was a friend, not a romantic possibility. The idea of the restaurant and its popular bar didn’t bother me or make me uncomfortable either. There was no way I would order a drink. Instead it was the possibility of meeting other men that night. The idea made me anxious, so before heading out I said another prayer, this one was to my deceased father. I asked for his help and protection. The gist of it was to keep any crummy men away. Enough said and off I went to this very high-end restaurant for a nice evening. The place was packed and everyone was diverted into the bar until their tables were called.There was only one chair at a high-top table available, so I joined three strangers there, two women and one man. I noticed some interesting things. The man was not drinking alcohol and the women at the table left, leaving the two of us there. The person I was going to meet appeared briefly, but was pulled away, leaving me in a bar with this stranger. When I asked him why he wasn’t drinking, he told me he had been sober for a number of months. I replied that I had been sober for 30 years and our conversation went from there, running into hours. I told him that perhaps he was my angel. By the way, if he was drinking that night, I wouldn’t have bothered to have a conversation. I was quite the connection and we agreed to continue to spend more time together.We were really good together and in a short time we fell in love. We built a beautiful, solid relationship and three months later, he proposed. It all felt right and I said yes, Then I showed him my special pouch and its treasures. Back at my home weeks later, this wonderful man, Ben, was sitting on the couch going through a magazine with one of my dearest female friends. As they were skimming through the magazine together, Ben noticed a fashion ad… he worked for that company. But there was something odd about it. The ad showed a photo of a man but part of the page was missing, a hole torn out of the man’s shoulder. Wondering what that could possibly be about, they turned the page and on the back was a full-page diamond ad. That is where I got the photo of the diamond ring for my pouch. It was quite the moment… Looking back, I made my intention clear mentally, physically with objects in the pouch and with my prayer.Then I went forward into my new, single life without getting in the way of my own happiness So, what happened here?I met my “fashion man”in a bar of all places,where we would never gather on our own or drink. The people we were supposed to be with that night drifted off for whatever the reason, leaving us to ourselves. It all worked out nicely because we have been married for 20 years now, a marvelous proof of the power of thoughts, prayers and love. A little patience and some humor is helpful too. He kept the paper ring I have wear the beautiful one he gave me. Chris   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? 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: JCKonline and Manifesting123 on Pinterest

Fixing Problems in Advance. Stephen’s “Daily Treatment”

There is some valuable information in this story and as it unfolded, I noticed two points that are easy to miss. Notice that Stephen is making affirmations and intentions set in the present and in his future. The second is his advice against being annoyed or bothered by the present situations. His intentions are for a future where things are already worked out in advance somehow. I was much surprised to read his story because last month I had the same garage door problem and his financial solution mirrored mine: the immediate sale of our artworks. This might be advice worth taking! Oh, and one more thing. click here to watch the Monster House garage door in action! Ken Stephen writes: I was raised in a religion where it seemed to be normal (or expected of you) to pray for yourself daily. This was sometimes referred to as a personal ‘daily treatment’. I am no longer active in this church, although I acknowledge the good things I gleaned from it. My daily treatment is a little different nowadays, influenced a little by folks like Ken Elliott and his book, other thinkers, and my own experience. It might include affirmations like this: “My life is characterized by ease, grace and harmony. Health, wealth, love, abundance, fulfilment, interest, variety and wonder are mine. That which I need comes to me whether it is sustenance, people, circumstances, objects, ideas, inspiration or funds”. We moved into our current home about eight years ago. We have an automatic garage door and it has always been noisy when opening. Sometimes it would stall. Adjustments were made to it, but it always irked us. About a week ago the door lifter mechanism failed in a spectacular way. We got an expert to look at it and he immediately informed us that the springs in the lift mechanism had never been big enough to properly compensate for the weight of the door. We were told that it would be maybe a week before they could install a new lifting system. We were a bit peeved that the original installer did not do the job correctly. This mistake was now going to cost us over $1000.  It was also tempting to be bothered by the ‘fact’ that the door could not be fixed immediately. However, we know that it is not helpful to be annoyed or anxious. I sent an email accepting the repair quote and within a very short time I got a phone call to say that there had been a cancellation. Our job could be done that afternoon. The cost of the installation was $1358.27. The next day my wife, Jackie, was operating our collective art gallery in the city and sold two of our pieces for a total of $1360. The new garage door opener is a ‘Whisper Drive’ and it is certainly true to its name. Besides being a more than adequate repair, it is wonderful to operate and we had a ‘bonus’ keypad installed on the outside of the house so that we can let family members have access without giving them keys. Plus, the new device has a battery backup so it can work during a power outage. It has been a good experience and a perfect example of how our thoughts can create beautiful outcomes and futures. Best wishes from New Zealand, Stephen 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? 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: left, goodnewsnetwork.org and  Manifesting123 on Pinterest