New Thought Philly Sunday Inspiration
Sep 13, 2026 · 16 min · 10 segments
The Universe always says yes, but sometimes not quite the way we think it should. Disappointment and frustration can close ...
Dave SpockGuest
You know, I'm going to tell a brief little story that Reverend Bill reminded me of recently.
When I was a practitioner student many, many moons ago, I had this idea that I wanted a burnt orange ragtop Miata.
And I was just, you know, dipping my toes into the reality of the science of mind and being able to apply practical prayer to those things that we desire to have unfold in our lives.
And we often said in that practitioner class and often later as well, that by the time you're able to instantly bring about the experience of a physical thing, you probably won't want that physical thing anymore.
And, you know, my faith was waning that this stuff to work and it wasn't showing up.
And then the car that I was driving broke down and I had an opportunity to purchase a new vehicle.
And so I went to the car dealership and there in fact was a burnt orange rag top Miata of suitable age and low mileage.
And I got into the car, we test drove it and I got back to the lot and I said, Nope, that ain't gonna work.
And it is a beautiful little car to drive around on Saturday afternoon with the top down once a month.
And doesn't that become true for all of us at some point? We think we want something.
You know, I'm going to tell a brief little story that Reverend Bill reminded me of recently.
When I was a practitioner student many, many moons ago, I had this idea that I wanted a burnt orange ragtop Miata.
And I was just, you know, dipping my toes into the reality of the science of mind and being able to apply practical prayer to those things that we desire to have unfold in our lives.
And we often said in that practitioner class and often later as well, that by the time you're able to instantly bring about the experience of a physical thing, you probably won't want that physical thing anymore.
And, you know, my faith was waning that this stuff to work and it wasn't showing up.
And then the car that I was driving broke down and I had an opportunity to purchase a new vehicle.
And so I went to the car dealership and there in fact was a burnt orange rag top Miata of suitable age and low mileage.
And I got into the car, we test drove it and I got back to the lot and I said, Nope, that ain't gonna work.
And it is a beautiful little car to drive around on Saturday afternoon with the top down once a month.
And doesn't that become true for all of us at some point? We think we want something.
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