DAY 3: Money Falling From the Sky

This afternoon I had to take my dog to the vet and I estimated that I would spend $100 for the office visit; I had exactly that in cash. I spoke to the assistant on the phone and got a quote before setting an appointment. We arrived and to my dismay, the "board certified, well reviewed veterinarian" was not all she was cracked up to be. She spoke down to me with her thick New York accent (not all New Yorkers are rude), said that my dog was "the 2007 model" like a car, even the veterinaniarn assistant didn't know what breed he was, OMG. She saw him for a total of 15 minutes and couldn't answer my questions about the bumps on his chin. Unfortunately, I spent more time getting billed then actually seeing the "Cornell educated" quack vet. I got slammed with a $200 bill, more then double what I was expecting to pay. I even said, "So I'm getting charged $70 for her to talk to me less then 20 mins..." No response. I gulped and passed my credit card across that counter...

I left the vet's office mad, I felt swindled. I knew the vet visit was necessary due to his strange skin rash but paying the bill was painful. I felt like I was going to cry. Wait, no I was going to cry! A few feet away, I ambled over to some steps of a cathedral and sat despondently. My stomach ached, it felt like someone punched me. I ruminated, "How am I ever going to get financial freedom with all this debt? I can never get what I need. I feel like I have been in this money rut all my life. I'm afraid. I'm scared to spend money. What if I can't make my rent? Will I ever get out of this vicious cycle of scarcity?"

Then I thought, "I'm an idiot! Those stupid positive affirmations I've been saying to myself all day are so not working! Nothing is ever going to change." All day I said to myself, "I am prosperous wherever I go. Money comes to me easily. I'm financially free." But here I was locked in my own monetary prison, moping on some church steps about to cry. 

I stood up and started to walk home, not five feet away, I looked down and there was $15 dollars cash laying on the ground and no one around. I picked up the money and smiled! My stomach ache went away instantly and I thought, "WOW!" HOW INCREDIBLE! All my positive affirmations and my shifting perspective are starting to pay off. Even when I'm feeling low, the universe gives me exactly what I need when I need it. 

Then I started realizing that since I have been proactive about changing my poverty thinking into prosperity thinking that I have been prosperous in a lot of unexpected ways recently:

• I wanted some new jeans because mine were starting to get warn out.  The next week my employer offered me over $1000 worth of designer jeans for free, they were my size. 
• I wanted a couch and TV to furnish the apartment. Two weeks later, my wonderful new roommate had just that and even more. My apartment is complete! 
• A couple weeks ago, I wanted to buy organizers for my messy closet but I couldn't justify the cost. My neighbor who was moving, offered exactly what I needed for free. My closet is very orderly now!
• Last week, I was offered a free cup off coffee, just because.
• On Saturday, I got free tilapia with my order,  just because.
• Today, I received a beautiful tea set, it was being offered for free outside a woman's brownstone stoop. 

As I walked home, with the unexpected $15 dollars in my pocket, I realized that things are changing, slowly but surely! And in my other pocket was an affirmation card that said, "Money is energy and an exchange of services. How much I have depends on what I believe I deserve." 

I also learned another valuable lesson: not all companies will provide you with excellent service but that doesn't mean you're powerless. I can choose to never visit that vet again and I can choose to write a honest review on their website, so other customers will know. I can choose to hate the rude vet or I can choose to wish her well. I chose to wish her well. I will not be visiting that vet again but she still deserves to be wished well upon. 

After that experience, I committed to making sure that all my future customers feel satisfied and happy with the photographic services I provide for them. That they never feel swindled and always feel blessed!