Never Underestimate the Power of Thought…

February 3, 2007 at 5:08 pm (Uncategorized)

My mother used to love telling this story about me.

When I was five years old just before Xmas we were at the shops and there was a Xmas raffle. The prize was a large doll dressed as a bride that took pride of place in the shop window.

When I saw that doll I said to my mother “Santa is bringing me that doll for Xmas”

So she bought one ticket in the raffle.

Every other day she would ask me what I wanted for Xmas and every time I would say that Santa would bring me the bride doll for Xmas.

My mother was beside herself, she certainly could not afford to buy me such a beautiful doll, it was almost as tall as me, and dressed so beautifully.

So she searched high and low and bought me another doll, not quite as lovely.

Still every time we went to the shops, I would say “Santa is bringing me that doll for Xmas”

My mother knew there was very little chance that we would actually win the doll and she was very concerned that I would be so disappointed.

As Xmas drew closer she only became more nervous.

Then on Xmas eve morning, the shop calls her to tell her we had indeed won that doll.

So what a lucky girl I was, I ended up with two dollies for Xmas!

And guess what, yes, she kept that doll, the dress itself is long gone and now she has a dodgy eye, in a suitcase (along with the doll she bought) for all that time and I still have them, some forty years later.

 

Since that time I have found that occasionally things will come to me if I want them enough.

For as long as I can remember I have wanted a pair of purple doc marten boots, but just couldn’t justify the cost of them to myself simply for a pair of boots.

One Saturday morning I went to a local charity shop that had advertised a big market day sale. I was looking amongst the piles of shoes and then, I saw them, a pair of purple doc marten boots. Yes they were a bit worn, and definitely not very new, but they were my size! They fit me!

They didn’t have a price on them though, so didn’t know what to expect when I went to pay for them.

I asked how much they were. The lady said, “How does four dollars sound?” I said “Four dollars sounds great!”

So now I have my purple doc martens.

 

However, I am still waiting to win the lottery, just like everyone else. I guess that’s the problem. We all want to win the lottery, so there are many people’s thoughts out there to compete with.

 

So I say, don’t think about what you DON’T want. Only think about what you DO want. And maybe someday you will get it.

 

 

 

Love Me xxxxx

P.S. The photos. My brother (RIP), myself and the two dolls at Xmas. Me with the doll today.