I work in a store that sells a lot of high dollar items. One day a watch came up missing. A watch that costed thousands of dollars. It was a one of a kind, literally. I, along with the two other people who worked with me, were immediately under investigation. One of the co-workers and I got a chance to take a look at video camera footage of the day in question. Lo and behold, the video revealed that the co-worker I was watching the "movie" with had stuffed it in a garbage bag and thrown it in the trash.
I was really concerned. Although my co-worker was the person to physically dispose of the box containing the watch, I had handled the box a couple of times and never fully opened it to examine its contents, which no doubt would have helped. I knew that some sort of consequence was going to have to come from losing a watch that expensive. We'd already been questioned individually in a room the size of a broom closet with two other people who ever so often during the conversation would discreetly say "So. . . Did you take the watch?"
I was really concerned. Although my co-worker was the person to physically dispose of the box containing the watch, I had handled the box a couple of times and never fully opened it to examine its contents, which no doubt would have helped. I knew that some sort of consequence was going to have to come from losing a watch that expensive. We'd already been questioned individually in a room the size of a broom closet with two other people who ever so often during the conversation would discreetly say "So. . . Did you take the watch?"
We empty our trash into these huge dumpsters that are picked up every couple of months. Luckily for us, our dumpster was going to be picked up and emptied the next day. Someone was going to have to go to the landfill where it was emptied and hope for the best. Somehow, I ended up being the one to ride to the landfill with my manager to see about it.
I spent the whole night before preparing myself. At first, I went through the worst cases. Losing a job was the most damaging thing that could happen to me at the time, so I went through those motions. Then, I prepared to go into a wasteland of garbage and rats to look for a small watch. This only made me depressed. I got myself so worked up that finally, out of desperation, I came up with something else to do with all of the energy I was creating. I started putting my thoughts toward seeing a positive outcome. I imagined my manager and I being in a storage area, as opposed to a large plot of land/garbage. I imagined our dumpster being emptied in an area to itself that wasn't just completely swamped in trash. I imagined the garbage streaming from the back of the dumpster as the truck tilted it, to reveal that the box with the watch in it was laying right on top of the pile. I imagined us fishing it down with a stick and wiping it off, rejoicing as we left. I concentrated on this sequence of events until I went to sleep.
The next morning I met up with my manager at the store so we could follow the truck. The land fill was a good distance away, so I had plenty of time to do some last minute visualizing. I was working off of pure nervous energy. It was still energy, nonetheless. When the dump truck made a final turn into the land fill, I was surpised (and kind of not) to find that it was not at all a huge heap of garbage, but a series of warehouses. My manager parked the car while I walked into the warehouse where our dumpster would be emptied. Sure enough, the truck was in a space to itself, awaiting our arrival before dumping. Once my manager and a few other employees of the land fill were around, the dumping commenced. A warm happy feeling poured over me as I noticed a clear bag with a UPS box in it land directly on top of the pile. I didn't see an address or anything, I just kind of knew. I grabbed a pole that had a point at one end and stabbed the garbage bag, pulling the box out in the process. As predicted, my manager opened the box, celebrating as he pulled the vintage watch out to make sure it was intact.
That day, I learned about energy and visualization. I figured out that you create energy inside of you that can be turned in any direction. Often we turn it in directions that are detrimental to us, as I initially did when I paniced. Once I turned that same energy towards what I wanted, I saw an immediate improvement. The energy itself was not negative or positive, my perspective dictated that.
