May 2nd, 2010:  More than a Check

There was a knock on my door, I thought.  Dudie thought so too but when I looked out there was no one there.  When we left I noted a Fed Ex envelope on the floor by the door.  I grabbed in on my way out and when I got to my car I opened the envelope.  Inside there was just a check made out to me for over $3,000 and nothing else.  It was from a place in California.  Strange but fun!

I looked this place up on line and there was  phone number that I called.  An Asian man answered and we were having trouble communicating but I did get that he wanted me to call back when the accountant was in.

Something didn’t feel right in my belly.  I didn’t want to have to struggle to give this money back.  Something (besides greed) told me to just bank it and wait and see.  So I did.  I didn’t record the deposit on my check log so it was hidden and I could easily give it back?

What was this?  I really had no idea but I know that nothing is an accident so I just planned to enjoy and let it be what it was for the time being.  I really liked the idea of the Universe just sending me a check, especially from out of nowhere.

In the next couple of days I was thinking about the money and I had an idea which excited me.  I wanted to take a road trip with Dudie (bff dog) down through Colorado into Utah and then Arizona to see the Grand Canyon.  I’ve never been.  Then I would go back home through New Mexico which I love, through Santa Fe which I love and then across the corner of Colorado and across Kansas, my home state, visit a friend, see Abraham in Kansas City and come home.  Wow.  The money would be enough.  I was psyched and felt the strong pull to do this…like my own personal outback kind of thing.  Maybe I would do some camping.  It was sounding better all the time.

Last night I was going through a bunch of mail.  There was what I thought was my bank statement.  I casually opened it and learned that the “my” check had been “returned to maker”.  I don’t know how this is possible but I will find out.  I would have given the money back but I didn’t think that they could just go into my bank account and take money after a deposit.  Interesting.

I really wasn’t that upset.  I really didn’t think that the money was mine but my impluse was to see it played out.  I was disappointed initially at thinking the Universe had sent me this great gift and then took it back.  But was the gift really the money?

No, I don’t think so.  I think the gift was the idea for the road trip.   I’m certain I would not have thought of that trip without the check being there prodding me to spend it.

So the Universe did give me a gift.  It was there for me.  I had such an impulse to deposit the check and then the pull for this trip is great as well.  I will follow my guidance.  Can’t do much better than that!  Having the money “go away” and knowing it gave me the idea for the trip really made the gift seem even more special to me.  Yea!

With Love, Connie