It Starts With One

I sent a little prayer out to the universe this spring. The cozy cabin is nearly finished. It is time for me to start work working more. I need new clients. I also opened my mouth to the clients I had and verbalized my prayer to the universe. The cabin is done. I have to start working for a living.

I was still busy building of course. No days were left unfilled, but the final inspection was in sight. I did good just to tend to the clients I had in between weathers while preparing for the last visit of the inspector man.



Client #1 arrived out of nowhere unbidden, the result of a chance meeting the first fall I was here. Those that followed also emanated from a client of Client #1's. Then a few clients began to call from the readers of this blog. I was working enough to pay my few bills and keep a supply of baked goods and food on hand, though no where near fully self supporting.



The clients I did have were asking me to work more hours and more often. With the cabin nearly done I was able to provide that. It wouldn't be enough for the mortgage I would soon be looking at so I sent a little prayer out to the universe this spring. It is time for me to start working now.



And the universe has provided me exactly what I needed at exactly the right time. Three new clients joined what is now an official client list after our return from Florida. A meeting with another potential client is set for the morning. I raised my rates and I am work working five full days a week now.

I sent a little prayer out to the universe this spring and a miracle happened. For that I am filled with gratitude and an enduring sense of awe.



I won't be getting rich. I will be getting enough to live a fine life of gardening in the low spot of a North Carolina mountain top. I will have enough and I will be grateful for that.

There is one note of sadness. My father did not live to see this miracle completely unfold. He worried for me and he worried he might have to subsidize me much longer than anticipated. He had already subsidized me longer than he anticipated I am sure. Good thing I'm useful and cheap to maintain.

I worried sometimes. I acknowledged it and pushed it away. I refused to wallow in worry. My experience told me the clients would come. They always had on Maui and I never once advertised. My faith in the universe was strong. Life has always treated me fairly. In my prayer I expressed a willingness to do some PR if idle days began to appear in numbers. That has not happened. I'm not sure that is even possible with me.



The universe has provided me with what I needed when I was ready for it. How could I not feel grateful.