My mom and her cousin were always into the metaphysical, and I grew up around tarot cards, palm reading, psychometry, and the like. I had a wonderful childhood. I had “won” things quite often in my life. Things like being the paper carrier of the month, being on the honor roll, promotions at work, awards at work, contests, chili cook-offs, and employee of the year, but I had never really gambled.

I had played the lottery a handful of times in the past but never thought about manifesting anything with it. A few months back, I wanted to try manifesting money. I’ve always practiced the law of attraction with lots of visualizations and feelings, and wanted to be more proactive with this.

Being raised Catholic and going to Catholic schools for twelve years, I feel a lot of guilt about things. You always hear that money is the root of all evil and that you should never be greedy. So, even though I have done well in life, those things are sometimes still in the back of my mind.

I made an effort to try reprogramming my thinking to believe that money and wealth aren’t bad things, but I like to help people, share things, volunteer, donate, and do good things. I reminded myself of this and stuck to the fact that I would continue to use any money I might win in the same way. This involved meditation and visualizations, as well as a lot of feelings and emotions about coming into more money.

I wanted to just see if I could manifest a few hundred dollars. But then I read that the amount doesn’t matter. More significant amounts are not necessarily harder to manifest. I had the amount of $7,000 in my mind. I told myself that things can change at any moment at all, so it “could” happen instantly, and I took time to feel that. I also told myself that I was worthy of it and would accept this win. I took time to feel the money, how happy I would be, and what I would say either to other people or to myself. I imagined looking down at the money and seeing the numbers, the way the air would feel, and a lot of other details. I reminded myself that it could come from anywhere, so I should not try to limit it to one way or another. I should be open to this coming from anywhere at all, and that it would be a surprise as to where and how it happens.

I took about 40 minutes in the morning to meditate and do my best to visualize this, and then I felt happy about it and completely let it go before I went to the gym.

On the way back from the gym, I stopped by the mailbox to pick up my mail from the day before. I noticed an envelope from the US Treasury. I thought it was something about taxes. I went home, put the mail down, started making coffee, and opened that letter.

Surprise!! It was a check for $7,000! Well, close, it was for $6,952. I had already filed my taxes, so it wasn’t that. There was no reason whatsoever that I should have received that money but there it was in my hands!

I was a little overwhelmed, but I wanted to take some time to really feel how grateful I was, understand how I did this, and how this just manifested out of nowhere. Thank you, thank you, thank you!

I use this as a reminder to myself about how powerful manifesting can be, how things can change in the blink of an eye, and how much more there is to learn and practice when manifesting anything in my life. I’m genuinely grateful for everything in my life, for this money, and for all the wonderful things in my life. It’s a daily practice that I’ve always done and will continue to do.

To all reading things, I wish you all the best in your life and your manifesting!