WE BOUGHT A CAR!

For CASH!

We had been talking about buying a car with our income tax return money for months. We desperately needed a car.

I read Joe Vitale’s works on attracting what you need. But I’ve always been skeptical. I wasn’t absolutely certain that the stories about manifesting your needs and desires. But, a couple of months ago I started writing down what kind of car I wanted: a van, with lots of room for the kids in the back, heat/air zoned, a pretty teal or metallic blue, and something we could pay for.

We saw the car as we were driving through McDonald’s. There is a four stall garage behind McDonald’s that always has a few cars for sale and restored vintage cars that are just gorgeous.

My son had recently bought a car there and was very pleased with it.

We began to seriously look at the van. It turns out that the owner of the garage had maintained this car for eight years and had all of the repair and maintenance papers with it. This metallic blue, 9 year old van had less than 100,000 miles on it. No rust, no dents, interior was clean, no rips in seats, it had zoned heating and cooling. And he was asking $3,000.

We had it checked out and we bought it.

This is newsworthy because in our past debting days we would have run away from a 9 year old car or a car with an asking price of only $3,000. We probably would have used our tax money to put a down payment on a new car and financed the rest.

But, we didn’t.

We got this terrific car–which I realized was exactly what I had put out to the universe that I needed–and we don’t owe a penny on it. What an absolutely fantastic feeling. Continuing these types of habits will be critical as we work toward getting out of debt.

Now I look at the moms picking up their kids from school in their expensive beemers, Lexus’, and Cadillacs and I have nothing but pity for them. I can only imagine what their car payments are.

I am so grateful. Soooo grateful.

NOW HERE’S ONE OF MY FAVORITE FUNNIES:
A man walks into a restaurant with a full-grown ostrich behind him. The waitress asks them for their orders.

The man says, ‘A hamburger, fries and a coke,’ and turns to the ostrich, ‘What’s yours?’

‘I’ll have the same,’ says the ostrich.

A short time later the waitress returns with the order ‘That will be $9.40 please,’ and the man reaches into his pocket and pulls out the exact change for payment.

The next day, the man and the ostrich come again and the man says, ‘A hamburger, fries and a coke’

The ostrich says, ‘I’ll have the same.’

Again the man reaches into his pocket and pays with exact change.

This becomes routine until the two enter again. ‘The usual?’ asks the waitress.

‘No, this is Friday night, so I will have a steak, baked potato and a salad,’ says the man.

‘Same,’ says the ostrich.

Shortly the waitress brings the order and says, ‘That will be $32.62.’

Once again the man pulls the exact change out of his pocket and places it on the table.

The waitress cannot hold back her curiosity any longer. ‘Excuse me, sir. How do you manage to always come up with the exact change in your pocket every time?

‘Well,’ says the man, ’several years ago I was cleaning the attic and found an old lamp. When I rubbed it, a Genie apeared and offered me two wishes. My first wish was that if I ever had to pay for anything, I would just put my hand in my pocket and the right amount of money would always be there.’

‘That’s brilliant!’ says the waitress. Most people would ask for a million dollars or something, but you’ll always be as rich as you want for as long as you live. It’s brilliant!’

‘That’s right. Whether it’s a gallon of milk or a Rolls Royce, the exact amount of money is always there,’ says the man.

The waitress asks, ‘What’s with the ostrich?’

The man sighs, pauses and answers, ‘My second wish was for a tall chick with a big butt and long legs who agrees with everything I say.’

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