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My favourite Los Angeles radio station, KROQ, organizes some amazing concert line-ups, and back in November of 1995 they announced that their annual event, Almost Acoustic Christmas, would include the likes of Depeche Mode, Coldplay, The White Stripes, Jack Johnson, The Bravery, Death Cab for Cutie, Hot Hot Heat, Nada Surf, and more! Seriously?! I HAD to be there! But, alas, I was at work when the tickets sold out in a quick hour or two. A quick web search located a couple of tickets being sold upwards of $500 apiece. Hmmmm, a bit out of my price range, yet I could not shake the feeling that I was supposed to be in attendance!

You create your own universe as you go along.

When I was a teenager in high school, my mother had taught me that where there is a ‘ticket will’, there is a way! She and I had driven from Marin County up to Ashland, Oregon for the Shakespeare Festival (which I highly recommend) and desired tickets to ‘A Mid-Summer Night’s Dream’, but discovered upon arrival that they were sold out. This did not affect mom’s spirit one bit. We were going! When, the night prior to the performance, we came across someone selling a ticket, (as in singular, one ticket) mom swooped it up. The next evening we returned to the amphitheater, determined as ever, and came across a different group of tourists/Shakespeare lovers who also had one singular ticket. Imagine the admiration of our manifestation skills when we learned that the singular tickets we had purchased (from two completely different sets of people) were, in fact, seated next to each other!!! Love it!!!

Whatever the mind of man can conceive, it can achieve.

I began my Almost Acoustic Christmas concert ticket manifestation process by carefully copying down the names of the bands onto a small piece of paper, which I placed by my bedside. First thing in the morning and just prior to bed I read the list of bands. Okay, there was far more to it than that! I heard the bands playing, felt the crowd around me, saw the lights shining brightly upon the stage before me, and experienced being there. I faithfully continued this practice each day as the concert date grew closer.

Whatever you create in your life you must first create in your imagination.

On the day of the concert I made a sign to take with me. hahaha On a large piece of paper I wrote out the word “HELP” in all capitols, but in bubble form so that I could make red candycane lines in the letters; after all, it *was* Christmas! Then beneath that I wrote in smaller letters, “PLEASE”! LOL Simple and to the point! Upon arrival at the venue I found quite a few couples also looking for tickets. I stood with my sign, undaunted. This was made a tad more challenging by the fact that there were NO scalpers at this event. It was held at a small venue and the lucky few who had managed to obtain tickets were happily attending, not selling. At last one couple arrived to sell theirs; asking price, a cool grand even. HAH! This was the point where the self-talk came into play. “I am supposed to be at this concert! I am certain that it is meant to be! I’ve seen it come to pass and so it shall be.” I barely finished when I saw a woman swiftly approaching me, thus barely registering that she had just handed me a piece of paper and walked away. I looked down at my concert ticket in amazement and then back up to see my Christmas angel, already gone. What a gift!

Our life is what our thoughts make it. A man will find that as he alters his thoughts toward things and other people, things and other people will alter towards him.

Since we are the creators of our life, constantly manifesting a reflection of our inner thoughts and beliefs, I like to remind myself of occasions such as my ticket manifestations. It’s so fun to be reminded of the ways that asking and believing lead to receiving.

Give thanks for unknown blessings already on their way.