Tuesday, January 18, 2011

She Predicted Her Journey

This story of a Michigan woman attests to the power of visualization and positive energy.

The $112 Million Dollar Woman
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She predicted every bit of her journey. “I knew I’d get here,” Stafford says, as she sits in the elegant living room of her Los Angeles–area home. “It was just a matter of visualizing it.”

Back in January 2007, Stafford was raising five children and struggling to pay the bills, so she began lulling herself to sleep at night by imagining that she was holding a lottery check. She pictured the exact amount: $112 followed by lots of zeroes. The story seems implausible, and yet Stafford’s steady gaze and positive energy make you believe her, even the bit about knowing what she’d be wearing when she won: a lime-green blouse with a leaf print. “That part kept surprising me,” she says, laughing.
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“When I found out, I sat in silence for a minute because it confirmed how powerful our minds can be,” she says with a grin.“
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