Happiness is. . . Learning how to Ask for what you Want

You don’t always get what you ask for, but you never get what you don’t ask for. . . unless it’s contagious!  Franklyn Broude

I found a blog today that seriously made me think I should start another one just to do what this woman is doing; it’s called  The Daily Asker.  Last July, this blogger embarked on a 365 day experiment in asking for something every day.   Here is a recap of what she learned:  “The 88 things I discovered in 365 days of asking”.
   



I thought it would be the best structure in the world to practice asking for what you want, daily!  It reminded me of a book I bought years ago called The Aladdin Factor.  Here’s an excerpt from it:
Shannon Rast and her husband had dreamed of placing huge clay pots filled with flowers at both ends of their new home’s circular driveway. But other needs intervened.

Then Shannon saw four clay pots outside an out-of-business San Antonio motel.  Thinking she might buy them at rock-bottom prices.  She called a phone number on a sign in the motel’s parking lot.  She was told the structure, with three hundred rooms still full of furniture was to be demolished and absolutely nothing could be released.

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We’ll see about that, she thought.  After many phone calls she reached the California company that had bought the motel.  They assumed the furniture had been removed.  With the company’s permission, Rast took charge.

Rast called Youth Alternatives, a facility for runaway and abused children, whose thrift shop desperately needed donations.  She also contacted the Salvation Army and several other organizations. 
For ten days volunteers loaded trucks and hauled away furniture.  Soon the Youth Alternatives store was filled to capacity and the other organizations received similar boosts.

Although Shannon Rast’s original intention was personal, she fostered a new sense of pride among people who might never have worked together.  And today Rast’s circular driveway has four clay pots, two at each end.

The world is full of genies waiting to grant your wishes –Percy Ross

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