A Close Call

So a really weird chain of events have been happening to me lately..... all of which involve the Law of Attraction and all of which have me sort of reeling from the obviousness of the manifestation. I'll see if I can't start from scratch and make a little sense out of it all.

About 18 months ago I decided that I wanted to get paid without having to work so that I could focus on my volunteer work and studies. I didn't have a clue of how this could be possible but I put it out to the Universe with hope just in case. About a week after that, I was approached with an offer to sell my house and land. I didn't want to sell so I threw out a ridiculous amount and quite insane terms (all of which benefited me greatly) thinking that noone in their right mind would accept. Well accept they did, and much to my suprise. They were agreeing to pay me interest to live in my own home for free as they retained the opportunity to buy the land later. I took it as a sign that it was time for a change and began looking for my new home.The search took me to Oregon and all over California. All though all the places I looked at were lovely and had their own benefits, there was only one place that really felt like it could be home. ... Santa Ynez, CA. Thus I began focusing on that area.

Suddenly all sorts of opportunities were arising out there. Yet, I still could not find the perfect "fit" that made my heart feel it was right. Meanwhile, time was passing and I was starting to dislike having to leave my home in Las Vegas. In that time I had discovered the local chapter of the Sierra Club and become very fond of their "greening Las Vegas" campaign, I began helping at Shiloh Horse Sanctuary, I was feeling called to rock climb and had some of the best Red Rocks in my backyard, I hadn't found anywhere else that could offer the weather, outdoor activity, entertainment and dining, diverse opportunity and potential for economic growth that Vegas currently offers. Most of all, the thought of the move had brought my parents and I so much closer together and I didn't want to leave the new found friendship that was building so steadily each time we spent time together.

I began questioning the decision I had made to move away. I wished that I hadn't sold the house in the first place but still honored the contract that I had signed and focused positively on the future and all it had to bring. I took to sorting and organizing my house in preparation for the move. This became my "line in the sand" for sustainability. As I cleaned and packed, I recycled and donated all items I no longer used, needed or fit in with my current sustainable philosophy. I got rid of the few remaining plastics, tephlon, chemical based cleaners, etc. From here on out, every purchase I make will be a conscious one. Just the thought of moving gave me reason to downsize. I highly recommend it to everyone.

March 30th was to have been the escrow close date. On march 23rd I watch The Secret for the first time and was so inspired that I began focusing on keeping my house and that the outcome be in the Highest and Best of all involved. Louise Hay has been an important teacher of mine for the past three years so I took to affirmations and visualizations full-force. I couldn't imagine how to keep my house, but I began acting like it was mine again. I stopped packing and began planting flowers instead. I began repairing things that were in disrepair because I had heard the new owner had intended to tear it down anyways. I helped the bunnies clean up around their homes in the ground and started looking for ways to make the animals more comfortable. It was hard to do having the lifetime of "programming" that we really don't have control over such matters but I kept my thoughts and actions on the belief that I would live in my home until I decided otherwise and that all would work out in the benefit of everyone.
 
The dreaded day arrived, I thought there was no hope, yet I still held the intention that the home would remain mine. Believe me, there was a whole LOT of mental argument going on, but each time anything that didn't resemble my desire entered my head, I gently dismissed it and returned to my affirmations and visualizations of living happily on my land. Still, the papers had been signed, the funding had been sought. All signs pointed to the obvious sale.

March 30th came and went. I checked my bank account several times through out the day and much to my surpise no funds were transferred. March 31st.... April 1st, 2nd, 3rd. Still no transfer. Finally I called title and someone on the buyers team had defaulted. The home was in fact mine again. {{dancing, jumping, joy, elation, gratitude}}

In hindsight I am still in awe of how it all took place. Never did I know how my desires could possible take place and often times my (old self) doubted that they even would, but still I held true to reframing my thoughts and focusing on my dreams and even "acting" as though it had already happened in the latter days. Somehow it all worked out the way I desired and actually even better. All the while I prayed and intended for everyone involved to have their Highest and Best served and although I can't tell you the details, other parties were benefited as well. It reminds me of how Divinely protected I am, especially since the land is now worth potential 3-4x's what it was worth 18 months ago (we had a huge land boom a year ago) and similar pieces are VERY hard to find in this area were I to have to relocate. It also reminds me of what is possible when we have absolute faith that Source is providing and surrender it to be made manifest....all the while believing it is on it's way.

It's funny too how everything seems to work to the benefit of all involved if we ask that it be that way. There is obviously more work for me to do here in Las Vegas before leaving for good. I now have the ability to help the horse sanctuary more frequently, I just found out last night that our mayor is one of the few to have signed the national campaign to reduce global warming and is looking to build a "Greening Las Vegas" program from the ground up. I have been invited to help with that. Now that I know I am not moving away full time, I am starting rock-climbing soon like my heart has been longing to do and I am in full scale pursuit of greening my little acre here to make it the first sustainable horse property in Las Vegas and then later teach others how to do it. I am imagining a new eco-house and barn, creating a manure compost, producing worm castings for organic fertilizer using horse manure..... and so much more I didn't know about 1-1/2 years ago before I started on this land search. I needed to sell to get me out looking at other lifestyles to in fact bring it all home again. It's beautiful how that happens.

And Santa Ynez? Well in the last week I found a way to make that dream come true as well. I have a cottage that I will rent monthly to stay in when I am in the area and will be traveling back and forth for awhile. When I am not there, I can loan/rent it out to friends and family since it is such a desirable vacation destination. Having a home in the Valley will enable me to connect deeper to the community and begin building the retirement phase of Light Heart Ranch along with implementing the sustainable horse care practices there also so that others might learn as well. When the time is right, it will all line up as I am intending.

I share this story not to brag about my marvelous manifesting powers, because Lord knows, I have certainly been doubting them along the way. I am sharing to remind everyone of the energetic era that we now live in and the powerful effect our thoughts and words have on our everyday lives. All the while, I had doubts that the blessings above could have happened but still I kept focusing on my affirmations and visions and believing in the Higher power and the results were nothing but positive....even when at times I thought it was all going haywire. I am so grateful to my friend T who is the only person who knew what I was up to all along. She was the person to watch The Secret with me and constanly kept reminding me of my dreams and desires and believing for me when sometimes I couldn't find the way. I am so thankful for she and her husband and my parents and everyone else's prayers and intentions sent to make it all happen. I am humbled.

So I ask you today..... what is it that you REALLY want to have happen in your life? I believe whole heartedly that you can in fact make that a reality if you just clear your consciousness enough and have faith that it is already yours. And please, share those dreams so that the rest of us can send love and intention and prayers in the direction to make it all happen even faster. The world needs us all to be living the lives of our dreams. Let me and the others help you stay strong and believe the best, even when the physical world is showing you no possible sign of your dreams. You have to trust me when I say, even though it appears that nothing is happening in your favor, the energies are in fact lining up so that your dreams can be made manifest. When the time is right and the Highest and Best of all involved can be served, you will see those dreams before you. You just have to believe.

Interestingly enough, I found this quote as I was writing this blog. It is to share I am certain.

"Keep your faith in all beautiful things; in the sun when it is hidden, in the Spring when it is gone."            ~Roy R. Gilson