The Little Black Book

The Little Black Book

By : Jason Kenneth Tillett

Tuesday March 2nd, 2021, it’s 11:59 pm EST I think I’m finally done. Three months of hard work and sleepless nights better pay-off. I’ve wrestled with storylines for months upon months, but decided to tell a true story, because it’s so much more fun. I know what you’re thinking, this story better be good! And now, without further ado, I give you The Little Black Book Story, filled with a little white lie, but mostly the truth.

“Now I lay me down to sleep.

I pray the Lord my soul to keep.

If I should die before I wake,

I pray to God my soul to take.”

I’m far from religious and 50% of the time I don’t believe in God, but every night before I go to sleep, I say that prayer like it’s my job. As I laid my head down on this particular night, I lifted it back up, and suddenly went into fright. Looking at the clock it was 11:11pm, and to my dismay these strange voices entered my head. At that exact moment I thought I was hallucinating or dead. All I heard were these strange voices repeatedly say,

הכוח נמצא בתוכך., Il potere è dentro di te, Сила внутри вас,

El poder está dentro de ti, הכוח נמצא בתוכך., Il potere è dentro di te, Сила внутри вас, El poder está dentro de ti, הכוח נמצא בתוכך.,

Il potere è dentro di te, Сила внутри вас, El poder está dentro de ti,

I couldn’t take it anymore, then I yelled,

STOP! PLEASE STOP!

I don’t speak any of those languages, nor do I understand, and you’re driving me crazy saying the same thing repeatedly in my head. Do you speak English? If so, I really need your help; I feel like I’m stuck in a dream and can’t wake up, but I’m still 6ft above the earth. I know I’m alive, at least I think I am, but every time I open my eyes, I hear those voices in my head. If I keep my eyes closed the voices stop, but then I feel brain dead and my heart drops. It’s a weird feeling because I know you can hear me; I feel your presence, but you won’t answer me! The last thing I remember was staring at the clock, it was 11:11pm exactly on the dot. A Little Black Book was laying on my chest, and unfortunately that’s where the trouble began. Suddenly I woke up, drenched in sweat, with my hand itching and my heart racing I couldn’t catch my breath. There was a strong presence around me, a heaviness, almost as if I were engulfed in flames. I sat there motionless, unaware of what was going on in my brain. As I began to lay back down, I glimpsed at the clock, it was still 11:11pm, Willie Nelson “Always on my mind” came on, and I just shook my head. Before confusion set in, those voices crept back into my head.

הכוח נמצא בתוכך., Il potere è dentro di te, Сила внутри вас, El poder está dentro de ti, הכוח נמצא בתוכך., Il potere è dentro di te, Сила внутри вас, El poder está dentro de ti, הכוח נמצא בתוכך., Il potere è dentro di te, Сила внутри вас, El poder está dentro de ti.

I immediately closed my eyes to silence the noise, then different images, places, and things appeared before my eyes. I saw a car crash, an SUV turned upside down with golf clubs everywhere, a Tiger the size of an elephant was looming around the area and then he disappeared. Suddenly the image of a deck of cards appeared, and the Trump card was no longer elevated above the rest of the cards in the deck, hmmm that’s weird. Lastly, I saw a body of water, it looked like a pristine river burbling in early spring. The enchantment of hearing natures sounds clearly was drawing me in. The closer I got to the river the more apparent it became to me; there was A Little Black Book floating next to a Bonsai tree. Perilous as it may be, I tried to get to that Little Black Book, even if it killed me. I was drawn to the book, it was calling my name, I knew it had all the answers to my problems and I had everything to gain. The closer I got the more things came back to me, I’d been to this river before, if only I could remember everything. As I approached the river it wasn’t as deep as it seemed, looking at the water intently it was like I could see my dreams. The water became clearer and clearer the closer I got to the Bonsai tree, the second I stood above the Little Black Book my reflection was all I could see. The mirror image abruptly startled me, I woke up paranoid and couldn’t fall back asleep. I keep visualizing the river and pondering where it could be, with my eyes wide open I was focused on my dream. For some reason I was stuck in that scene, picturing the river constantly I didn’t know if I was alive, or in a dream. Ten days had passed it was now March 12th, 2021, that’s it I give up I think I’m done. Out of the blue I had a light bulb moment, it suddenly hit me, I’m going to reenact exactly how that night went to a tee. All I’ve got to do is wait for 11:11pm, at that time I’ll fall asleep and let my dream begin. 8:08pm I had a premonition I think, I heard a voice loud and clear say “what are you waiting for the story to end?” So, I jumped out of bed and chased after my dream. I had no idea where I was going, while driving down Hope Street. It was dark and foggy I couldn’t see anything. Hours went by I hadn’t a clue where to go, the more I drove the more I wanted to give up and go back home. I decided to turn on the radio and couldn’t believe my ears, Willie Nelson “always on my mind” was playing, that had to be a sign the river was nearby. Reinvigorated I continued to drive, about a mile down the road there was a freeway sign. The closer I got the easier it was for me to read, the sign said, Lake Riverside Drive 333 miles away. I hopped on the freeway and started to drive fast; little did I know I was about to run out of gas. The next exit was Faith Street. I decided to get off, made a right turn and my car shut off. I looked to my left and what did I see? A sign that said, Lucky You Gas Station 2 miles away. Walking down the street in the middle of the night, looked at my Apple Watch and it was 10:11pm on the dot. About 30 minutes passed, another mile to go, out of nowhere I hear a voice say, “over here”, so I go. I walk through the bushes and what do I see? The same River that I saw in my dream. Making my way through the bushes getting cuts and scrapes, the only problem was the river seemed so far away. I continued to push forward and didn’t quit, after what seemed like an eternity the river was not beyond a couple feet. Slowly approaching I looked down and saw my dreams, The Little Black Book was floating right next to the Bonsai tree. I reached down to pick up The Little Black Book, but my hand started to itch so I scratched it and dropped the book. Reaching down the second time I noticed something magical that had me in disbelief, there was a check for $20,000 made out to me. I couldn’t believe that check fell out of the book, and when I looked at my Apple Watch it was 11:11 pm I was shook. As soon as I opened The Little Black Book those voices came back in my head, but this time I understood exactly what they said. The Power Is Within You was on repeat, the moment I closed my eyes again it was a shock to me. 11:11pm not only did the voices stop, but when I opened my eyes I couldn’t believe, The Little Black Book was laying on top of me. I screamed immediately and then realized, The Little Black Book was simply an instruction manual I was reading before I closed my eyes.

T H E E N D

If you are wondering why the voices in my head weren’t in English, your guess is as good as mine. The only thing I could think of is I got the new i-phone 13 pro last night. It hasn’t come out yet that I know, but one of the new features is mind-reading, and I didn’t select my language of choice before I started using the phone. Before I went to sleep last night, I couldn’t turn off the phone. I asked a question jokingly, who has the power to turn off my phone? Since I didn’t select my language of choice immediately, it gave me the answer in the languages chosen least, repeatedly. As soon as I made my mind up and selected English mentally, all I heard was, The Power Is Within You, The Power Is Within You, The Power Is Within You, The Power Is Within You, on repeat!

Finally, I know you’re dying to find out, about that $20,000 check with my name on it that fell out. Truth be told it’s a possibility, I haven’t received the check yet but soon we’ll see. Fingers crossed only time will tell, but if I get that check, the new i-phone 13 pro will be in the mail.

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