This happened some time ago but I thought I’d share this story with you.

I have been working a lot. The notion of recovering kept me on my feet. I have been practicing gratitude every day. With that being said, I felt I needed to treat myself for sure. I felt stuck in the routine of work. I felt I needed new clothes since I would soon be on vacation and I wanted to feel different.

I went to a shop called Matalan next door to mine and there was a sale going on. Before paying for the clothes, I calculated the total and it was above 800 AED. By the time I started trying the clothes on in the fitting room, I was tired and thought that the shop might close on me. I picked the ones I really liked and that fit me great. I did not want to spend a lot of money yet I really loved the clothes I picked. I transferred 700 AED from my savings and I told the cashier to tell me once they saw the 700 AED digits on the machine because that was how much I was able to spend.

When he quoted the total I was in awe! It was exactly 700 AED! He then asked me to pay 25 fils for the plastic bag but I said I had only exactly this much right now. He was amazingly surprised and he let it go! I paid for my clothes only at 700 AED!

I feel I was meant to be in that shop at that time. I felt it was already planned for me. I started to ask myself if my life was already planned for me or if was it because of my grateful attitude that lent me a hand. I chose to just be grateful without questioning this experience any further. Feeling gratitude is the best feeling in the world. I would choose faith over hope anytime. Faith is knowing that it has already happened. I love this experience. I often think of it.

Thank you Rhonda for your gift to the world. I wish everyone joy.