MUSICAL ORDER DELIVERED ---- How Wonderful!!!

MUSICAL ORDER DELIVERED ---- How Wonderful!!!

Colleen Zaner Gregerson is a super-woman - smart, works incredibly hard and produces amazing results. So, when she attended a workshop I facilitated in Istanbul on harnessing the power of positive thoughts and emotions to get what you want in life, I must confess, there was a part of me which said - this tough professional is going to tear up this 'touchy feely stuff.'

BUT, WAS I WRONG! Colleen was an active and engaged participant. But two days ago, eight months after the workshop, when she sent this note in, I was floored. Once again, am amazed at how powerful indeed our thoughts + emotions can be!

"Sanjay, I wanted to share with you a picture of a piano. This piano arrived at my home 3 weeks ago after making a journey from Cape Cod to California. It has been in my family for over 100 years (the two pictures on top are the original two owners, my great great aunt and my great aunt). My dad’s cousin was the most recent owner and who shipped the piano to me. This is a Steinway Piano with all original parts and was made in 1903.

This piano was my wish from the cosmic kitchen in Istanbul! In that workshop, I ordered from the Cosmic Kitchen that “I am playing the piano beautifully.” But I didn’t have a piano at that time. 3 weeks after the workshop, I got a call from my dad’s cousin asking if I wanted this old family piano. That began it’s long journey to my dining room where she now sits. AMAZING RIGHT??!!!

I had a piano technician come out to make repairs and get her sounding amazing again. He was so dumbstruck by this piano. Because it is so old, it was made with quality that pianos are not made anymore, and cannot physically be made like that because of environmental changes in the past 100 years. And because it was owned by one loving family its entire life, it is in excellent condition.

Anyhow – a big thanks for the cosmic kitchen Sanjay!

-czg"

WOW! Humbling and Inspiring! Thanks to Colleen for agreeing to share this beautiful story. A nice close out (4 days more of a 23 year old journey with PSI) and a lovely motivational transition to a new innings!

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