Little Black Book

Anna had just been made reduntant from her job, with her head in her hands she wept tears of worry. "How will I support my family" she thought to herself. Anna was a single mum to two young kids, her ex partner was not in the kids lives so they really only had her to rely on. "It will be okay it will be okay" she recited in her head. Anna had worked since she was 16 years old, even when she had her kids she didn't stop as she wanted her kids to have the life she never had. Loosing her job felt like a kick to the teeth. Anna had to claim welfare benefits something that she had never done before, when her first payment went into the bank she thought wow this is half of what we are used to having, it was time to take care of the pennies. Anna found this transition hard, all the treats she had been able to buy the kids previously had to stop, she was faced with tears and temper tantrums. Anna had to be firm, "We can't afford it" she'd simply say as the kids had a melt down at another no to treats they were so much used to. Once the kids were in bed Anna would sit and ponder "how can I make a little bit extra cash" she felt guilty that she couldn't afford the treats her kids so desperatley wanted. One day when the kids were at school Anna went for a walk along the beach, as the waves crashed beside her Anna looked over the horizon I wish I wish I can have financial abundance she thought, "ach well" she thought what is meant for you won't go by you and on that note she headed for home. Anna went the long way as she wanted to nip into the shop to buy something for tea before she went home, as she packed her shopping her hand came across a small black book, she put it in the bag thinking to herself "I can't remember picking this up" she packed it anyway and headed home. After tea Anna headed to bed she took with her the little black book. As Anna lay in bed she picked the book up and opened it, blank pages. She put the book back down turned off her lamp and went to sleep. One day as she was cleaning her room she picked the black book up once more this book has a purpose but she just didn't know what that was, what she did know though was each time she picked that book up a feeling took over her entire body. She picked up a pen and scribbled the words "I wish I was rich" on one of the pages, closed it and then put it in her drawer. Life continued to be a struggle for Anna financially and she found herself wishing wealth upon herself at every given opportunity but to no avail. "its okay to dream" she thought. Each time Anna had a thought like this she would get her little black book and write her thoughts down and then put it away in her drawer. Before long the little black book gave itself a purpose it was filled with positive affirmations for wealth and prosperity. During this time Anna began to meditate it was through meditation she came across a 30 day challenge and all she had to do was write down her daily affirmations and recite the words "I am happy and grateful for the money I recieve in increasing amounts from various sources" according to the meditation if she did this for 30 days she could be richer beyond her wildest dreams. Each day Anna wrote down a positive affirmation "I am rich I am abundant" "I am thankful for all the wonderful abundance I already have" each day she would write something new in her little black book. One day Anna opened a letter it was a cheque for £500 a tax rebate, Anna thought to herself its working. Later that day she put the lottery on she won £9.00 better than nothing she thought. She bought scratch cards and each time she would win most of the time it was only £1 but it was better than nothing. Her little black book began to give her hope, each week Anna would buy a scratch card or put on the lottery any opportunity she would grab it with both hands in the hope it would bring financial freedom. One day Anna was in the shop she saw a new lottery game it was called set for life, where you could win £10,000 per month for the next 30 years. That will do me nicely she thought she picked her numbers and bought her ticket. As she checked the ticket against the numbers she scrumpled the paper, another no win she thought to herself. The next day Anna wrote in her little black book a series of numbers "these number will be picked for the lottery" she wrote, she also began using other money mantras for example she would say each morning "for the good of all and harm to none abundance is on its way to me, it belongs to me and will be spent however I choose, I focus on the abundance I already have and thank the universe in advance for the abundance on its way to me and so it is" It wasn't long before the little black book was filled with positive affirmations, as Anna closed the book she thought to herself and then placed it in her drawer were it remained for years. Anna's kids were now in their teens and life continued on until Anna began to feel unwell, a visit to the GP confirmed she had breast cancer, treatment and therapy prolonged her life but it was too late for Anna her cancer had spread to her liver and bones. Anna lost her battle with cancer when her daughter was 18 and her son 16 years old. The kids went to live with their Aunt in Whales. When the hosue was being packed up Anna's daughter came across the little black book she flipped through it and then placed it in her pocket, once the house was packed up it was time to go start a new life in Whales. Later that night Anna's daughter Sammy was getting ready for bed, as she took off her hoody the small black book fell to the floor, Sammy picked it up "Why did my mother have this" she thought as she opened it as she began to read through all the positive comments a warm feeling filled her body. "My mum wanted me to have this she thought" she read through some more pages and then decided that was enough for the night, she closed the book and turned out her light. Sammy was sat in her room the next day when her Aunt came in to see how she was getting on "You okay love" she said "Yeah" Sammy replied "just thinking about mum" her Aunt cupped her face and said "your mother loved you very much" and then kissed Sammy's forehead. As she turned to walk out something fell on the floor "what's this love" as she picked up the small black book. "aww that is a book mum had in her drawer, I am not sure what it says or why" Sammy's aunt began to flip through the pages "I know what this is, I remember your mother telling me about it" "this book was supposed to make your mother rich beyond her wildest dreams" "rich?" Sammy replied "Yes" said her Aunt "it was a 30 day challenge it didn't work for your mother, maybe it will work for you" as she placed the small black book on the bedside table. Sammy wanted to be rich so she decided to look more into this 30 day challenge. She flipped through the last page of the book and on there was a sequence of numbers that had the words "these numbers are going to win the lottery" Sammy decided upon herself to start playing the lottery she did not agree with gambling but thought no harm paying £1 per week if it was going to get her rich, she began meditating just like her mother did. Each day she would read a page out of the little black book and pray to herself "I will win the lottery" each week Sammy would check the numbers "nope" "not this week" she said quietly to herself. One day as she was checking her weekly ticket she almost fell off her chair "yep" "yep" she would say as she marked the numbers of one by one until BINGO! Sammy gave herself a shake she said "this can't be right" but it was she had only gone and got each and every number correct, she had the winning ticket "I've won" she said "IVE WON" now to see how much she was going to get £1.2 million, Sammy checked the numbers again just to see if her eyes were decieiving her. They were all there, the very numbers her own mother had written in the small black book were now the winning numbers for the lottery, and it was Sammy who won it "we did it mum" Sammy said as she looked up at the sky "we did it" "your numbers came in" Sammy cried both tears of loss and joy, as she took the ticket to the shop the man behind the counter confirmed it was the winning ticket "congratulations Miss your a winner" it would be another 6 weeks before the money went into Sammy's bank account seeing it there made it even more real. "what would my mother want me to spend this on" she thought hard. Sammy knew her mothers biggest fear was her kids going without so Sammy bought her and her brother their very own house and car. Once security was sorted it was time to have some fun the siblings went on a safari in Africa, they went back packing in Thialand for 3 months and they went to Florida in America a place their mother always wanted to take them. Thanks to their mums little black book the siblings had a life full of abundance, Sammy spent her money wisely and put some away in an account for her brothers 21st birthday. Sammy kept the little black book, even passed it down to her own daughter when she was 16, Anna worked hard to give her kids everything they needed and with the help of her little black book that was made possible. Anna always said "if you can hold it in your head you can hold it in your hands" and so it is.