It would appear to my delight that just simply having a positive reaction to any given negative situation can just give you the upper hand in the long haul. A few weeks ago while at a local Starbucks Coffee house in beautiful Cook street Village, a suburb of the down town core of Victoria, I was having a coffee. I had just come from a seemingly long day and very much so needed the refreshment.
I ordered my usual beverage, a tall dark roast coffee, in a grande cup with a pump of the yummy mokah syrup. I added my cream and sugar to it and then went to sit down and sip away the worries of my day. It had been nearly fourty five minutes of sitting there and enjoying the ambient environment, before I was told that they were nearing the close for the day.
Had I really been there that long? I thought to myself... In all likely hood, I guess that I must have... As I began to pack up my belongings, I went in to my bag to get my wallet so that I could catch my bus home for the night. But, wait a minute... where was my wallet.
I went through all of the motions of panic. First I began checking all of my pockets, then again and again, when that didn't pan out, I began to retrace my steps. I had remembered having it at the counter when I paid for my beverage, and then "Oh Wait"! No... I thought to myself... I had set it down on the coffee bar while I mixed in my drink condiments.
It must still be there I thought, I mean this is Starbucks after all, and in a good neighborhood... I checked the coffee bar, the garbages and the bathrooms, I even asked the barrista's on staff if they had seen it... But sadly for me, the wallet and my ID cards were nowhere to be found.
I felt at a complete loss. I had just gotten my licence as well, it was all brand new for me... And so I left my contact information with the barrista's just in case something might turn up. But in all likelihood, I would never see it again... And so I tried something different... Instead of getting upset and cursing the person who stole from me, I instead decided to visualize the person in my mind.
I pictured them taking my wallet from the coffee bar, and instead of wishing them any ill harm, I instead wished that they would be able to use my money and ID's in some way that could make life easier for them. I had to come to the realization that it must have been difficult for them and maybe even a bit scary to take my wallet in the first place, and that there was likely a good reason that they did it.
Maybe they needed the money, maybe life had dealt them a bad hand... Who knows what the reason was. But I put the energy out to the universe that I immediately forgave them of any wrong doings. I asked that they be blessed in any way that might help them better their life.
And I added in as well that, if the universe saw fit, then I would very much love to have my Identification back again, never once asking for the return of the money.
Weeks went bye and I figured that I would never see it again, it was long since out of my mind, and then today, I just so happened to be back in the same neighborhood again, I went in and asked the barrista for my regular coffee with a mokah pump, and then I asked her if she had heard anything of a metal wallet turned in.
She looked at me and said just one second let me check... I waited never acctually expecting it to be there, when all of a sudden, she pulls up the wallet and passes it to me. She was smiling, I was smiling, and when I opened it, I found both my BCID as well as my new Drivers Licence. Everything that I had asked for was there in my possession once again...
I believe that it was my positive attitude and neglect of negative thoughts which brought my wallet safely back to me again. As for the person who took it initially... I wish them nothing but the very best, and I am happy that I was in one way or another, able to help them out :)
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