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My washing machine manifestation – a zen moment
By Lee Ann | July 9, 2008
Before you think I’ve gone round the bend – my washing machine really did change my thinking 180 degrees. Quick back story – I’ve been studying the Law of Attraction, positive thinking, personal development for over a year now. That’s a long time for me to be learning anything. I thought I understood it, I thought I was living it -and on some level I was – but not as deeply as after my washing machine moment. It all started so innocently, my washing machine simply stopped functioning on Friday night. This meant that I wasn’t going to address the issue until Monday, as it was a holiday weekend. But, I did make a list of appliance repair shops to call. So, first thing Monday morning, I have my cup of coffee and start making calls. I got five quick “No, we don’t work on your brand of washing machine answers.”, one person who told me that his company did repair my brand, but it would be $110 for the diagnosis, then $110/hour to repair, and no, they wouldn’t apply the diagnostic charge to the repair cost. I had to take a different approach. I sat and thought about what I wanted. I wanted the machine fixed for under $200.00 or I would just buy a new one. So,
I called the parent company’s service number to find companies in my area that would repair their machines. What happened during this phone conversation, I still can’t explain. A lovely woman with what sounded like an Australian accent was very helpful in locating service companies, however, of the first six she mentioned, they were all over an hour from my home.
She stopped and asked me exactly how my machine broke, she wanted to ask her technicians what they thought might be wrong with it and asked if I would hold the line. Oh, and she also asked the model number and I told her the model number and that the machine was seven years old. When she returned, she told me that there were a couple of parts that could have worn out. Then she asked me, out of the blue, would I like her company to pay for the parts and I would just pay the repairman? I was stunned.
Of course, that would be great. She set me up with an authorization number for that to happen. She then gave me the telephone number of a company that was only 35 minutes from my home. I thanked her and called the number. A man answered, told me that it would be $65.00 for diagnosis, he would put that charge towards the repair cost and he could be at my home in a couple of hours.
When he arrived, I gave him the authorization number I had for the parts. He told me he had never seen the company pay for parts for a machine so long past warranty. I got my washer fixed for $145.00 and that, my friends, firmly cemented the fact that I had attracted that outcome into my life.
I never thought I’d be grateful that an appliance broke down. So, stay tuned, because I’m turning up the heat on my manifesting mojo.
And, I’ll be posting the results here.
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