I’m Thankful My Budget Wasn’t Gobbled Up!
Happy Thanksgiving everyone!
Here’s a thankful manifesting story for the holiday.
Ken
From Sue:
About a month and a half ago, I was driving through my workplace parking garage searching for a space to park. My van has sensors to indicate when I’m getting too close to another vehicle and I’ve become expert at pulling into a parking stall.
On this particular morning I pulled into a stall sandwiched by vehicles on both sides and the sensors beeped as always, but today was a little different. I hadn’t allowed enough space to clear the bumper of the car on my right…there was a dreadful scraping sound.
I got out to inspect the damage. Weirdly there was none to my van, but the black car to my right had noticeable paint missing in a couple spots. Worse yet, it appeared to be a brand new car!
Panicking, I pulled my van out of the stall and parked on another level and wrestled with ignoring the incident or doing the right thing. Thankfully, my conscience won out. I scribbled a note of apology with my contact information and tucked it under the car windshield wipers. This all took place on a Friday (no TGIF for me that day!).
I waited and wondered if I would hear back from the other party. The weekend passed and I felt giddy thinking I had dodged a bullet.
Monday evening arrived and my phone rang with an unfamiliar number. It was the husband of the woman whose car I damaged. He sounded kindly and asked me to return the call.
Gathering my courage, I called and we talked about the incident. He commended me for coming forward, but the bottom line was that this was a new car and both he and his wife wanted it back to pristine condition, which I understood.
He indicated it could go one of several ways – from buffing out the damage at minimal expense or replacing the entire bumper to match the car’s original condition at a much greater cost. Because I felt it could well impact the cost of my future car insurance payments, I told him I would wait to hear estimates from him before deciding whether to file with my insurance company or just pay it out of pocket.
Being divorced for a couple years has drastically altered my finances so I work at keeping expenses to a minimum. This new “wrinkle” was causing me undue worry and stress so I began using the techniques in Ken\’s book, Manifesting 1-2-3 to request, not only the best outcome for my highest good, but the highest good of the couple. Weeks went by without my hearing a peep.
Then this past weekend I got The Call.
He apologized for having taken so long to get back to me. He told me that as they suspected, their auto body shop indicated the need to remove the back bumper and redo everything for upward of $600. OMG. They decided to take it to another shop and the operator was confident it could all be buffed out and touched up as good as new! So they opted for the second estimate.
Are you ready for this? When his wife went in to pick up the car, it was on Veteran’s Day. When the shopkeeper found out her husband was a veteran, he waived the in appreciation for his service! Unbelievable that the repairs were done for FREE!
The husband again expressed his deep appreciation for my honesty, and I expressed my gratefulness for their kind and thoughtful demeanor throughout this whole ordeal.
I just love the way this all turned out. I’m still amazed that my budget wasn’t gobbled up with an unexpected expense!
We all have a lot to be thankful for this Thanksgiving!
Sue
