The $120 Chi and What She Taught Me About Law of Attraction and Divine Timing

For years I've been saying, "Someday I'll have a little dog who will love me..." She came into my life during a time that was, to the human eye, less than perfect. My home was going into foreclosure. My marriage was being annulled. My career was going through a transition. My financial future was an affirmation.

That's when I met her. A four pound Chihuahua sharing a cage with two other dogs in a shelter ten minutes away from where I was living. I saw her online when doing a random search of shelters. I had already decided I would save up for a dog I found online through a breeder who said she raised healthy puppies who were well socialized with children and other pets. I swore I was done with shelter animals. I had adopted five in the past and they all were a handful with health and behavioral problems. I told myself I wanted a well-adjusted dog this time. I wasn't up for another challenge.

But she chose me, this little dog who had been abandoned at the shelter. The moment she saw me, she ran up to the wire and wagged her tail at me. Her teeny brown eyes were filled with personality and expression. She sat in my lap, and next thing I knew I was signing an application and handing over a check for $120.

When I took her home, she was a handful and I immediately felt overwhelmed and questioned my judgment. Before making any big decisions, even little ones, I have a habit of meditating first. The answer comes clearly for me then. This decision felt rash, and it freaked me out. I thought I had made a big mistake.

I placed an ad on Craig's List, deciding to foster her until I found a good family who had the patience and resources to help her. That day, I took a long walk with the little dog and sat by a tree. I asked the angels what I should do. Should I keep the dog or let her go? How would I afford the training I thought she needed?

The tree, whose name was "Franklin," asked me what I wanted. This tree asked me to be honest with myself, to speak from my heart, not my head. I telepathically said, "I don't want to let her go. I feel she belongs with me."

Franklin said not to read apparent limitations as "signs." I was thinking the sign that I shouldn't keep this dog was that I didn't have a budget to provide training for her. Franklin said I simply needed to ask for what I needed, and it would be provided. The sign of whether or not we should do things is always answered by the feeling in our heart. All the material and logistical things will unfold from there, through divine support.

So I asked the Universe to please help provide me with everything I needed to keep this dog; patience, money, time. The next day, I received two interested families from my Craig's List ad wanting to meet the dog. I also received some payments from clients, just enough to pay for training.

The Universe had provided me with two options. The choice was now mine.

I decided to keep her. I asked my pendulum who sent her to me. I was told my guardian angels. They had heard my prayers asking for a companion. I had been asking for a little dog for years and heaven heard me. It was not up to me to decide the perfect time. My guardian angels knew the exact time when I needed her in my life, and when she needed me.

So the lesson I share with you from this experience is to remember to ask for what you need. Don't assume you can't have what you want. Never believe your desires are impossible. Don't judge your future based on your present situation because change is something you can depend on based on your thoughts and actions. Don't judge your capability based on how you feel now because you are always changing and new opportunities are always being sent your way.

I love that Rolling Stones line, "You can't always get what you want, but if you try sometime you just may find you get what you need." It so applicable to the ask and it is given law of the universe. I had asked for a little dog. I was planning on saving up one to three thousand, yes thousand, dollars which is the average cost of a breeder chi. I figured it would take years to do it, but it would be worth it. Instead, I ended up with a $120 teacup who has become one of my best friends.

Lucky for me, I ended up getting what I wanted and needed.

I wish the same for you. All you have to do is ask, then sit tight and accept the divine help.