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That Ain’t No Taxi!
Submitted by: Suzanne
Brooklyn, NYI’m a 66 year old 2X breast cancer survivor with one teenage daughter and the sole care taker of my 96 year old mother.
I first read The Secret book many years ago and I was amazed. I was a believer. Somewhere along the way, although I always remained very grateful for all I had, I stopped believing in myself, in my personal power, and in The Secret. I was in an 8 year relationship with someone who, over the years, had become resentful, and emotionally abusive. My second bout of breast cancer arrived in late 2019. I was so grateful for the love and support I had. This love and support was from my family that including my ex-partner, who is the other mother of our teenage daughter, my daughter, and my niece. My partner was not supportive but rather continued to be emotionally abusive during that time.
Somewhere around that time, a little before or after, while helping my mom clean her apartment I came upon The Secret. I had given it to her because at the time I wanted her to know as I had known, that she had power. Honestly, I don’t know if she ever started reading it and if so, if she ever finished reading it. I took it.
I didn’t need to re-read it. I remembered vividly the scientific experiment with the paper in water. I remembered now that I had the power. I remembered I am the sole author of my story. I asked myself, “How do you want this story to go?” Then I broke up with my partner of 8+ years and stayed at my ex’s during my cancer surgery. I am so grateful to be alive. I am so grateful to have a loving family. But I hadn’t yet fully realized my power. I still hadn’t taken full responsibility for my story.
Fast forward to the end of 2022. I had still been working at my full time job, and taking care of my daughter. We had shared custody so I had her half the week. I was also working a part time job, and taking care of my elderly mother. I was exhausted and I was in debt.
And then it happened! I grabbed the steering wheel. I took money out of my retirement savings and I paid off all of my debts. I retired from my full time job. I did that so I could take care of my elderly mother. I am bringing more money home now than I did when I was working my full time job. I was also ready to get back into the dating ring after 3 years of self-exploration. I started writing in a Gratitude Journal my daughter gave me. I cut out pictures of things I wanted. I searched the real estate listings for that second vacation home. I had already subscribed to the online Secret Daily Inspirations and I also download The Secret Super App. My part time real estate job was bringing in more money but I still felt that I wasn’t putting my ‘all’ into it. Was I truly a believer in word and deed? I made a conscious decision to be happy. I blasted my ‘happy songs’ while I was driving and stayed aware of my surroundings and all the beautiful things I may have been blind to before.
I had read a story here about a person that asked for a sign from the Universe and it was a really hard test for the Universe. This person asked to see a really unusual type of butterfly, one that was not native to their region. And lo and behold it appeared! So I said to the Universe to show me a yellow car. No Taxis allowed. I have not often if ever, seen a yellow car except for the taxis here. So I kept my eyes peeled for a few days and then forgot about it.
Then just yesterday, I said to the Universe while I was driving, “Pssst! What happened to my request for a yellow car?” A short while later I drove past a driveway with 2 yellow cars! I could not tell for sure if they were taxis or not so on the way home I said that I would drive the same way home and check to see. As I was driving, a yellow car came racing past me. I thought, okay that was not a Taxi so the Universe came through and there are 2 yellow cars. I assumed the one that drove past me was from the driveway I saw earlier but when I approached the driveway there were 2 yellow cars that were not Taxis, still in that driveway! So the Universe said, Oh, you want to see a yellow car? well then here are 3 of them!
Then, I kid you not, 5 minutes later I saw another yellow car parked on my right side! And then several minutes later another yellow car was parked on the left side of the street! And then a yellow truck! I said that the truck does not count because I had said I wanted to see a yellow car. And holy crap! Can I say crap? Another yellow car appeared! I think I stopped counting after 6 yellow cars! So then I said, “How about showing me an orange car?”
Three blocks later on my right side was a friggin orange car! I was screaming like a crazy woman in my car! That was when I came back to fully believing in The Secret and the law of attraction slowly but surely. To make sure that myself and the Universe were fully committed, I had asked for a sign and I got 6+ yellow cars followed immediately by an orange car!!
I am really running full throttle here and I am so high on life!! I am really feeling the power, I am feeling my power. And like the cowardly lion said in “The Wizard of Oz”, “I do believe.” Well, I do believe, in The Secret! I do believe in The Secret! I do believe in The Secret!
Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you!