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?I?ll take the good news first, thanks,? I replied.
?Well you are leaving us, isn?t that great?? ?And,
the bad news?? I queried. ?I don?t know where
you are going.?
M iracles
Or Miser y?
Mot ive
is
Ever yt hing!
My question for you is, have you ever created a
desire using visualization and the Law of Attraction
and regretted it? I have and learned a great lesson
about motive. Here is my experience.
At one point in my corporate career I was a
Principal Engineer supervising a group of
twenty-six engineers and technicians. The manager
of the 500-person department and I were
constantly in conflict because I believed in
participative management and he thought I should
be a dictator.
It was his habit to call me into his second-floor
office, prop his feet up on the conference table
between us, and begin to chew me out, loud
enough for everyone in the office area to hear.
There was always a crescendo to his tirade where
he would drop his feet to the floor, lean forward
across the table with a smirk on his face and
The company had been expanding its engineering
facilities and purchased a vacant high school near
the main research center. I arrived at my new
building and office and was greeted by the most
morose staff I had ever experienced. It was clear
they felt banished to the ?pits? of engineering.
A few days later, after transferring my
responsibilities to my successor, I gathered my
personal property and reported to World
Headquarters. At the top of the escalator I turned
and walked to my new office. As I entered, I was
greeted by my desk facing floor-to-ceiling
windows overlooking a park. I was elated.
My first assignment was to report to my new
manager, a few doors down the corridor. When I
entered his office, I was welcomed aboard with a
sincere smile and a graciousness uncharacteristic
of mid-level management. He explained how
happy he was to have me join his group, introduced
me to my peers, and described my
responsibilities.
My manifestation had worked. I
had arrived in exactly what I had
intended.
A Law of At t r act ion St or y By Kar en Bowen
Like many individuals, I came to learn about the
Law of Attraction through painful life lessons. And,
I believe one of the greatest gifts we have to give
each other is to share our experiences so others do
not have to repeat the same errors.
akin to Siberia. I also knew that ?I? had not created
this opportunity and decided to assume it was for
my greatest good.
threaten to fire me.
He had been in the Marines and enjoyed these
bouts along with getting nose to nose with me on
the test lab floor, attempting to humiliate me in
front of all the personnel by screaming profanities
in my face.
I had been attending a Unity Church and decided it
was time to put the ideas of manifesting, I had
learned, into practice. I began to intend that I work
for a manager that appreciated me and was
respectful. I also asked, because my current desk
was in a windowless room, that I have an office
with a window looking out at nature. Each day I
would focus on being a ?short timer,? in the
position, and put out positive vibes by humming
the mantra, ?I love my job, I love my job.?
Then one day I was called into the manager?s
office. The feet went up on the conference table in
front of me but instead of the normal belligerence,
he just grinned.
?Well, I?ve got good news and bad news. Which do
you want first?? he said mockingly.
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Because I had surrendered and believed the
experience was a blessing, my new staff
considered my sunny disposition an afront to their
gloomy situation. Each time I interacted with my
new secretary she rolled her eyes and said, ?You
are oblivious.?
However, three weeks after my arrival, I was
called into a managers? meeting
with the division head. The dozen
or so of us stood around the small
room whispering about what this
high level meeting could portend.
Then these magic words were
spoken: ?All engineering staff must
vacate this building. The company
has decided to dedicate it to their
Management Training Division,
which is expanding.?
Later, as I sat at my desk, musing
about my accomplishments and
looking out at the lawn and trees a
feeling of sadness came over me.
Sitting up straight, as if being
shocked awake, I suddenly realized
that ?I,? meaning my ego, had
created this situation.
I silently and fervently prayed,
?Father, forgive me, I will never do
this again. Thy will be done.?
No one else in that room heard
these magic words, just me.
I hurried to my secretary?s desk
and asked her to update my resume
and company file. She looked at me
quizzically as if I was again, ?oblivious.?
"I'm in, I k now It !" Kar en Bowen
I worked at World Headquarters for a year,
meeting with Vice Presidents and traveling for the
company as a liaison. My test lab wardrobe of
polyester pant suits was replaced with St. John
knit, three-piece belted suits and Salvatore
Ferragamo shoes with matching handbags.
?I am going to apply for a management training
position,? I whispered. Her reply was an eye roll
and, ?Whatever.? ?No,? I exclaimed, ?you don?t
understand. I have been trying to become a
management trainer for years and now they are
expanding the division. I?m in, I know it.?
Then one day my new manager called me into his
office and asked me to sit down.
The day I met with the head of the Management
Training Department I wore my best St. John?s.
?I have good and bad news for you, which would
you prefer to hear first?? he said sadly. ?It doesn?t
matter,? I replied. ?Well, the good news is that
you are not losing grade or pay, it is a lateral move.
The bad news is that you are leaving us and you are
being sent to ? ?
When I heard the name of the group to which I
was being assigned I recognized it as an outpost
He scoffed at me when I told him that I wanted to
be a trainer.
"You are an engineering manager. All our trainers
come from the personnel division. Why would you
want to sidestep your career to do something
totally different??
Nothing I said would change his mind. He was
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