When you almost give up, your wish comes true

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Things seem to always start to go well when we almost give up the things which we were attaching to.

I noticed about that through my experiences a long time ago, when I was still not so into New age information. and it happened not only once but many times in my life.

The most impressive experience was from when I was traveling to Germany.

I was traveling to Europe by myself for about 17 days at that time.

and the first place I stayed was in Berlin in Germany.

I have bad eye sight so I was wearing contact lenses and while staying at a hotel in Berlin, GE, the problem happened in the morning.

When I was trying to put on my contact lenses in front of a sink, looking at a mirror which was above the sink.

I accidentally dropped one of my contact lenses in the sink, or somewhere in the room.

The lens was not in the sink.

I checked all the floor carefully, but I could not find it on the floor.

So I thought the lens was dropped down to the sink pipe though the sink hole. and I went to the hotel reception and told them what happened.

It was a small hotel so the owner of the hotel came to my room and took out the pipe from the sink.

He was trying to find my contact lenses. However there was no luck, we didn't see the contact lens in the pipe.

So he said there is no such a thing in it, and then he was gone.

I really needed the contact lens, because I can't see anything clearly without that.

I tried to find it everywhere in the room including the pipe again with almost crying for about 40 minutes.

After that, suddenly my feeling calmed down, and started to think to buy a new pair of contact lenses in the town. and decided to find a glasses store.

I prepared to go out, and was preparing myself at the mirror.

Then, I was washing my hands in the sink, and stopped the tap, I noticed there was something shining inside of the faucet.

So I took it out with my fingers, and found it was my contact lens I was looking for !!!!

It was clean, because it was not dropped down to the drain.

I was so excited and happy to find it.

This happened when I gave up to find it .

At that time, I had just noticed about things we expected always happen after we let it go, after we release it .

However I didn't pay attention for it much and didn't think about it deeply.

I took it as life is like that.

And much later I started reading New age information and learned that when we are having heavy attachment and expectation, things we wish don't happen because the feeling of expectation reinforces the feeling of not having it now, and it pushes it away, whereas in truth everything is happening now.

This was one of my impressive experiences. and I've read many famous people's biographies, I found there are some common things before they get big hit in their career success.

It's that time before getting big success, they all experienced to feel tired and feeling down, because they tried, and tried and tried every day dreaming the success, but still not getting the result.

and when they almost give up and decide this is the final challenge, and if this also doesn't work, they would give it up.

Then, attachment of the feeling they had been having for it was released when they made the decision, they finally got success with it.

It's always that when I was expecting to get the result I wished, nothing happened, but when I was not expecting, I often got good result I wanted.

It's said that best way to get good result is no expectation.

It's same as my experience and I had been feeling like that.

There are also another wonder that before people get huge success, many of them have tough time for a year or month before they get success.

What I thought about the cause, is the expectation of the result.

In spirituality, it seems that expectation makes disappointment.

After getting the disappointment , our goal is still there, but the attachment to it has gone, and we still continue working towards the goal without expectation.

A good example of this is Tommy Shaw, from the legendary rock band Styx.

Before he was ever successful, he had tried many ways, struggling, playing with various bands in bars, but getting nowhere.

Then during a particularly low point, and depressed, he decided to write one final song.

That song was " Crystal Ball ".

A few weeks later, he got a call from Styx's manager.

The manager explained that one of Styx's guitarists had left the band and they needed a quick replacement for a tour.

The manager said he had seen Tommy play in a bar, was very impressed, and got his contact information.

So when one of their guitarist left, he immediately remembered Tommy. And he asked Tommy if he wanted to join Styx.

Tommy accepted.

When the members of Styx heard Tommy play " Crystal Ball " for them, they loved it and included it on their first album with him.( they had previously made several albums before Tommy joined )

It became one of their biggest hits ever, and the rest is history.

Styx - Crystal Ball - CYO

Lyrics - Crystal ball by Styx ( Tommy Shaw )

I used to like to walk the straight and narrow line

I used to think that everything was fine

Sometimes I'd sit and gaze for days

Through sleepless dreams

All alone and trapped in time

I wonder what tomorrow has in mind for me

Or am I even in it's mind at all

Perhaps, I'll get a chance

To look ahead and see

Soon as I find myself a crystal ball

But tell me, tell me where I'm going

I don't know where I've been

Tell me, tell me, won't you tell me

And then tell me again

My heart is breaking,

my body's aching

And I don't know where to go

So tell me, tell me, won't you tell me

I've just got to know

Crystal ball

There's so many things I need to know

Crystal ball

There's so many things I've got to know

Crystal ball

Won't you tell me please before I go

Crystal ball

Tell me, tell me where I'm going

I don't know where I've been

Tell me, tell me, won't you tell me

And then tell me again

My heart is breaking,

my body's aching

And I don't know where to go

So tell me, tell me, won't you tell me

I've just got to know

Crystal ball

There's so many things I need to know

Crystal ball

There's so many things I've got to know

Crystal ball

Won't you tell me please before I go

Crystal ball

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When we are struggling to get what we want, things will suddenly go well by following these points below,

* Ask to yourself ( your subconscious mind ) what to do

* Letting go of the attachment,

* No expectation

* No thought, just do it

These four things are very important keys to get what we want.

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