Ask and You Shall Receive

I have had a number of conversations lately with different people who are in situations they seem to have little control over. This leads to the topic of manifesting and my own encounter with it, so in the interests of posterity here is my manifesting story which you, my faithful readers have all heard before. Well now you get to see it in print.
In 2002 I was in dire financial straits. For health reasons I was only able to work part time. I was living on my own with the two youngest and paying for all expenses except the mortgage. My nose was barely above water and to top it all the payments would come to an end in 2007. By then the youngest would most likely be out the nest. This I found hard as I would be forced to sell my little house that I loved. There was a thumping great mortgage of $150.000 on it and it seemed I would likely end my days in a basement apt.
While mulling this over I began to tot up my financial assets. I found to my amazement that including my aged car, a few sticks of furniture and the equity I had already in the house I was worth in dollars what was to me the collossal sum of $70.000.
As I trotted down the street mulling this over I made a wish from the bottom of my heart. I asked the Universe to please help me pay off my mortgage by 2007 so I could keep my little house as a pension for my old age. And that was that. I thought no more about it but I started next day on a six week chakra meditation on abundance in my life. God helps those who help themselves, right? Bit by bit it all fell into place and the mortgage was paid off in 2006. I still have the sticks of furniture and a new car. If you had told me then that my better half and I would be together again I would not have believed it. Or that the house he bought and was never going to sell sold for a good profit was something else that had never ocurred to either one of us. That day I went walking and asking we were not even talking to each other. So there we have it. Ask for whatever you need with a heartfelt desire and be open to how it appears. Be patient. After all it took four years for my request to show up. Above all be positive and leave any negative language out of your request. Good luck, and let me know when your ship comes in.