I’m a firm believer in the Law of Attraction and “what we think, we create”. I also struggle with knowing what I want and believing I can somehow achieve it – I get caught up in the “how” of it all.
One of the things I’ve known (or said) I’ve wanted – for about a decade – is a mini cooper. In all honesty, I didn’t really fully participate in the manifestation of said car. I worshiped from afar. I never took one for a test drive, so I didn’t even know if I would enjoy driving it, I didn’t put a picture of one on any of my (many) vision boards, when my son showed me all the “good deals” he found online I thought about how expensive they were, how I couldn’t afford it, how it wasn’t the right time.
I’ve been driving my moms hand-me-down cavalier (which I’ve never been in love with, but have gratitude for because it’s been a reliable companion – Thank You!) for about 15 years. It had less than fourty thousand km on it when I got it so it made sense to keep driving it, and the price was right – $0. so that also put the mini on the back burner.
I think it was about two years ago, I threw a number out to the universe and I told my kids when the car hit one hundred thousand km it was time for a new car, that’s when I’d get my mini (or something better). I remember it feeling like a safe number because I don’t drive much and there might have been seventy thousand km on it at the time. It took the pressure off and I just went about my life, still worshiping the mini but doing nothing about it.
Recently my sons car was stolen so he has been borrowing my car because with him being in college and delivering for living he needed wheels. I’d been toying with the idea of finding an inexpensive little car for me and passing the cavalier on to him since he’s been working so hard.
Fast forward to last weekend…mother’s day. My baby boy is driving and as we were passing a car lot I looked over to see if there was a mini to test drive or an inexpensive little something for me to look at. Then I said wishfully “maybe you should start looking for a mini for me again”. He laughed and said, “Oh, did you look at the odometer?” I hadn’t but when I did it was at 99 something! We had a good laugh and I said I’d better get moving on it or something to that effect.
I get to work yesterday morning and we’re all sharing how our weekends are. I tell my story about asking my son to start looking for a mini again…and one of my co-workers says there is one for sale in the parking lot! I know exactly which one it is and who it belongs to – I go ask her about it and she let’s me have it for a steal because she got a great deal on her new one!
When sharing the news with my son later in the day he laughed and told me my car was only 123 km away from hitting the 100 000 km mark. Now that’s amazing!
So Voila!!! I am now the proud owner of the cutest little mini cooper! I feel like it’s the perfect transition car for me – I don’t have a huge loan to pay off, it’s older so my insurance isn’t through the roof and it gives me the chance to see if it’s something I would want to invest in in the future when I do have the means to buy a new car.
This little lesson reminded me to put a tangible time frame on my goals and not stress about how it’s going to work out. I’m also toying with the idea of making the odometer my measure for everything I want to manifest – I think the first thing will be to recoup the $’s I spent to buy and insure my new little blue beauty!
MuckenAround with the LOA I'm a firm believer in the Law of Attraction and "what we think, we create". I also struggle with knowing what I want and believing…