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Gratitude, Gratitude, Gratitude!
Submitted by: Lea Pau
Ontario, CanadaA mother of a very sweet daughter, a wife of a very loving husband, and a believer of The Secret - law of attraction, ever since my big sister introduced me to it years ago. I have all three books: The Secret, The Power and The Magic. I also have the movie. Although many manifestations have already happened for me once I started "believing", the story below is the most current one and also the biggest manifestation of gratitude prayer in our family, to-date.
Last year, my husband and I decided to transfer our daughter from a public school to a private school but preferably still a Catholic one. I studied at an all-inclusive girls private school back in the Philippines so I told my husband that I want our daughter to have that same environment as well, if our budget allows.
I started checking out nearby private schools in our area but most of them are either too expensive, are co-ed, or not Catholic. And then I remembered that there is one school that although a little far from where we live, is co-ed. It was also a bit expensive for our budget but it was Catholic. So in October 2015, we attended their Open House and luckily, our daughter loved it!
We started preparing and submitting all the school’s requirements in November 2015. Early February 2016 was the exam date. I told my husband and my daughter to start including this prayer in our morning and evening prayers: “Thank you for the school acceptance and thank you for the bursary”. You see, just like any other private schools, this school also accepts applications for bursary/scholarship/ financial aid. My husband and I agreed that even if we did not get the whole scholarship for our daughter, we would still be thankful and grateful for whatever scholarship percentage that we did receive. We kept praying this over and over and over. We even wrote this prayer and put in our gratitude and vision jar.
Late February 2016 we received news from the school. And guess what? Our daughter got an official acceptance as a student and got a full academic scholarship for the upcoming school year 2016-2017!!! This was great!!!
The scholarship news couldn’t even be sweeter because a week before we received the news, my mother-in-law passed away and we had to send money to the Philippines for her burial expenses. My husband was not even able to go home and be with his siblings because the majority of our money had to be sent over for my mother-in-law’s hospitalization bills and eventually for her burial. So this news was really a blessing for us. We were so happy and thankful indeed!
Although my husband and my daughter know about The Secret, these great manifestations show even more that the law of attraction and gratitude really work! As long as you believe that the universe (the Lord, in our case) will give what you ask for, nothing is impossible! Just ask, believe, receive!
Thank you, thank you, thank you!