{"id":3033,"date":"2012-04-30T19:17:10","date_gmt":"2012-04-30T23:17:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/blissblog\/?p=3033"},"modified":"2012-04-30T19:17:10","modified_gmt":"2012-04-30T23:17:10","slug":"parking-mojo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/blissblog\/2012\/04\/parking-mojo.html","title":{"rendered":"Parking Mojo"},"content":{"rendered":"

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In my family, we have what we call “Uncle Jimmy parking spots”.\u00a0 My mother’s brother Jim would always find the perfect spot wherever he would go. Over the years, I have found spaces right in front of where I want to go, including on South Street and Rittenhouse Square in Philadelphia, in New Hope, PA\u00a0and one in Manhattan at 5 pm on a weeknight and it was FREE!\u00a0 Then, a few years ago, when an interfaith community in which I am involved, called Common Ground Fellowship\u00a0brought Michael Beckwith in to speak, I parked a few blocks away and when I came back to my car, there was a $20 bill right next to it.<\/p>\n

My uncle\u00a0died about 5 or 6 years ago and when I went to see him in the hospital a week or so prior, I told him that was a legend among my friends and that I loaned them my parking mojo. He smiled and said ” I will always find you the perfect parking spot.”\u00a0 and so he does <3<\/p>\n

This is the ideal example of The Law Of Attraction in Action. Our minds are so magnetic to ideas and thoughts that either empower us or discombobulate us. We have become accustomed, in many instances to accept ‘that’s just how things are’, when they don’t work according to our desires. The short circuit comes into play when we buy into the mistaken belief that we are powerless. Couldn’t be farther from the truth. How often have you cast a wish out into the Universe, only to hold on to the tail of it, not wanting to fully surrender it and then weighted it down with the thought..”Oh, it’ll never happen.” and then guess what? It snaps back at you): I notice on a daily basis when I get mired in the muck of that type of mental meandering and then as quickly as possible, reel myself back in.<\/p>\n

When I am driving somewhere, I set intention before I arrive that the perfect spot will be available for me right when I am there. Sometimes I have driven around the block a few times and the space literally opens up just as I am approaching it. It is not limited to patches of gravel or tar with white lines around them, but also with opportunities, people and experiences.<\/p>\n

What is your driving force?<\/p>\n

http:\/\/youtu.be\/DUDtFdnn9oQ<\/a>\u00a0 Car Song Woody Guthrie<\/p>\n

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