I experienced something this morning in my house that made me drop everything and share my story.

I’ve already accomplished some very big things like manifesting a huge house in the country, some very much needed time-off, and even a Rolls Royce (just for the heck of it). But what happened today was more empowering than any experience.

I am a major music fanatic (also a composer/writier/singer) and about nine months ago I noticed that I misplaced about six of my very favorite discs which included very hard to find and no longer available recordings.

Yesterday when I woke up, I decided that the day would not be about me, but rather all my energy would go into appreciating everything I’m aware of, including cars, monkeys, the smell of fresh cut grass, babies, family, love, clouds, strangers around me; just everything. I decided that I would also manifest world peace and a beautiful planetary miracle that will change us all for the better (what have I got to lose, right?). Basically my day was about giving back to the universe, emotionally.

As my day went on, the only thought in regards to my needs was “I’d like to see something impossible happen to encourage me.” I know a house and a Rolls should be enough, but I always knew those things would come eventually; I just didn’t know how.

Today I woke up and wanted to put on some nice background music and as I thought about how nice would it be if I could play that certain disc I’d lost with my collection, I began looking through my cd cases. As I went to my music collection, I noticed that there seemed to be more CD’s than usual, which is odd because I’m the only one who lives here and I’m the only one who ever touches my music.

When I picked up one of the cases, it felt different in my hand, but I didn’t put more thought into it. When I opened it I was blown away to find one of the discs I had lost. At first I thought that I’d perhaps just overloked it in the past, but as I flipped through the colection, all the other discs I’d misplaced just appeared.

I know this won’t seem like a big deal to some, but to me, it is a big deal. I had searched high and low for those discs and flipped through those cases countless times and those discs were gone. I guess it’s a bigger deal than the house and the Rolls because I took action to get those things, but I did nothing to get those discs back. They just appeared, plain and simple.

I believe that this happened because I spent my day yesterday sending gratitude to the universe and I knew I would lose nothing by asking for nothing. The universe knows what’s important to us, and asking is not the first step toward receiving; giving is!