I remember being 20 and being told about this book called “The Secret” by my cousin, and thinking she was on something because I had never seen her so excited let alone really understand what she was talking about. She had just gotten a place of her own for the very first time with her two kids. I was so excited for her as she seemed so full of life and faith but I didn’t think anything of it and was just happy that life was looking so good for her. I was working at blockbuster at the time and also sleeping on couches at family and friends homes, wherever me and my son were welcome.

One day at work as I’m checking the drop off box, I noticed a DVD with no blockbuster sticker and scanning code for checking it in. The DVD had no description of what it was about, the title just read “The Secret”. I couldn’t believe it and wasn’t sure if this was what my cousin was just raving about earlier that week. Our protocol is to leave DVDs that are accidentally dropped off in a drawer for 1 month to be claimed and if not to thrown to waste. I went straight to my boss and asked if I could, pretty please, have that DVD and I felt that I needed to watch it. He told me he wouldn’t usually do this but that he would just let me take it.

Right after I got off of work I popped it into my car’s CD player which had a build in DVD player (circa 2012) and the magic began. My whole paradigm shifted and somehow I knew everything in that movie was the truth because of the way that I felt when I heard every word.

Fast forward to the many synchronicities, including manifesting a cup of coffee within an hour and with no money and no idea of how it would even come to me. The best one was waking up one morning and going straight to the newspaper’s apartments for rent section. I asked myself where I would love to live and I said to myself, where the sun always shines. So I thought, Waikoloa! I found the first ad for that town, called him up and drove straight to the town 30 minutes away. My mom had just happened to be living in town and I asked to borrow $20 for gas as I had no money in my bank account, period. I told her my plans and she asked me “Can you afford it?”  I responded by saying that you have to have faith, mom. She smiled and I left.

I stopped by my friends house and bathed my son in her beautiful bathroom and I remember saying out loud that I wanted a bathroom just like this one with a rainfall shower.

As I’m driving to Waikoloa, I’m feeling the feelings of how I would feel if I were to actually be living in my first ever studio.

I get there and the house was beautiful! The girl seemed nice and I didn’t even remember what the studio really looked like because I went straight to check out the bathroom and it was exactly as I had hoped for. The girl told me that her dad would love me and my little boy and said I could move my things in that night! No application or nothing.

It was pretty crazy but I trusted that everything was working out for my greatest good. I had no money to my name but I accepted. I freaked out a little but remembered the things I learned and kept my faith and waited for things to appear.

My soon to be landlord called me hours later and told me that he was going to California for a wedding and said I could just pay him on the first of the month which gave me time to come up with the money! I couldn’t believe it! I gave my gratitude and told my cousin that I needed the first months rent. She had told me about a program that provides 1st months rent and I went straight to it, qualified, and got it just in time to pay for the first month’s rent! Not only that, but I knew I would have to get a better paying job to afford my new life and while telling my boss that I would have to leave, he offered me a raise so he could keep me employed! I could not believe all the blessings that happened all from someone dropping off their movie right into my hands, and at the right time, in the right place, just waiting to change my life.

Life has not been the easiest and I have had to overcome some truly dark times, struggles, and go through things most people never will, but it has been magical none the less.

I have kept my faith, lost it, sought for the truth through God, The Secret, gratitude, and everything and anything that I could get my hands on, and I have persevered.

I can’t wait to see what God has in store for me as my past pains and struggles could never amount to the blessings and magic he has in store for me because I had chosen to believe it. Thank you, thank you, thank you!