Hello and welcome back to Second Chance to Live my friend. I am so happy to see that you decided to stop by to visit with me. You are always welcome around my table. During the past several years I have wanted to obtain a lap top computer, but due to my financial constraints, owning one seemed to be an impossibility. Several months ago the impossibility became a possibility.
I became thrilled as I considered how the possibility could become a reality.
Several months ago while helping to make preparations for a gymnasium “yard” sale to raise funds for the churches mission program, I noticed an items on one of the tables. Among the electronic donations was an object that appeared to be a lap top computer. After examining the lap top I inquired if I could buy the lap top. Upon my inquiry I was told that there would be a bidding process for the lap top.
After placing my bid and negotiating with the other bidder I became the owner of a used IBM Think Pad. I took the risk to bid on the Think Pad because I wanted the flexibility to create beyond the confines of my desk top computer and my home.
Because the Think Pad did not come with a hard drive, my next step was to order a new hard drive. Once the hard drive was delivered to my home a friend of mine kindly installed the hard drive into my newly acquired Think Pad. The next step was to install the operating system with the associated IBM drivers. Each of these steps were taken in faith as the condition of the Think Pad could not be determined until after the operating system had been loaded.
Once the operating system was loaded on to the new hard drive my possibility became a reality. All systems were a go and I was up and running. My dream to own a lap top computer had been fulfilled.
With my lap top computer I have been given a key to a door that will open to a new set of opportunities. As I walk through that door, I will experience a new freedom. With my freedom I will be given the opportunity to explore beyond the confines of my desk top computer and the parameters of my home. I will be given the opportunity to draw from rich sources of creative energy. I will be given the opportunity to grow in my creative capacity. Consequently, I will be given the opportunity to experience endless possibilities.
My impossibility became a possibility that turned into a reality because I did not give up on hope.
The final step in the process of making my Think Pad fully functional will be to obtain a wireless Internet Card. As with the other steps in the process — obtaining / installing the hard drive and then loading the operating system — I am confident that I will secure a wireless Internet card in the not too distant future. My experience has taught me that apart from doing the footwork and then trusting the process, my hope will have no legs to stand on.
My experience has taught me that apart from doing the foot work and then trusting the process my hope would have not have any legs to stand on.
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