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My Lovely DSLR,
Submitted by: Sree Kasturi
Pune, IndiaI am a Mechanical Engineer.
I have been following The Secret since 2006. I often come here to read the passionate and inspiring stories shared here. Thank you to Rhonda Byrne and to all Secretarians for sharing their joy with us.
Let me tell you my story.
From childhood I am a creative person and I love art, especially painting and photography. In 2012 when I completed my engineer degree and was moving to Pune I drew some pictures in my small diary. A DSLR camera was one of them, but then I didn’t put much emphasis on it.
In the year 2014 my friends planned a trip to Kerala in July and I wished I had the DSLR camera and from that day onward my intensity towards wanting to have the camera increased. I loved it a lot and was always grateful that I came to know such a lovely camera. Around that time Canon launched a new camera with extra lens and I wished I had it, my brother told me about it. I knew that this camera was mine and I would have it.
In July I didn’t have the funds to buy it but it never stopped me from dreaming. I spoke to my friends about this camera with dreamy eyes. If I went to the mall I would hold it in my hands and look through the camera’s eye. I used to love that feeling, it used to bring a sweet smile to my lips. When I used to see something beautiful I used make a pretend camera with my hands and pretend to capture it with god’s gifted camera, my beautiful eyes.
Days turned into weeks and weeks into months and then came October. My friends told me not to buy it because they shall gift it, but it was expensive camera and I didn’t expect that they could afford it.
Then all of a sudden, on a Saturday afternoon a big box came to my house. My mom told me not to peep, but I couldn’t help it and saw the invoice on top of it. The cost was low, so my mind said it could be a camera, but I thought that maybe it’s another brand because I never told my friends which camera I wanted.
In the evening after my friend came home, she called all my other friends and put them on speaker. They made me sit and asked me to open the box. I said okay and when I opened it, I was just blown off!
In it was my favorite camera, same brand (Canon) with extra lens and that too 34% lower than the market cost which all my friends could afford!!!
I was shocked! I asked them how, they just said you loved it and we got it. When I asked how at such a low cost, they said one morning they opened Amazon and there was this half an hour sale and just 10 minutes left and they just took it. I was just dumb with happiness and my friends recorded my every emotion, from excitement to shock to surprise, they captured everything in their phone.
Thank you to The Secret. Thank you my dear amigos and thank you Canon and Amazon for my lovely DSLR. I just love you all.
I had been on day 11 of The Magic’s Magical Practice, doing it for the 2nd time, when I got this camera!!