Speaking Your Manifestations into Existence
As 2026 is the 20th anniversary of my Contest Queen website and my first sweepstakes book, You Can’t Win If You Don’t Enter, I have been looking through my archives. I came across this gem about how I manifested a trip to see Simple Plan by speaking it into existence, and, of course, it didn’t appear the way I expected. Isn’t that always the way?
From The Winning Edge Archives: Volume 2 | Issue 3 | January 30, 2006
I began reading the book Ask and It Is Given by Ester and Jerry Hicks. It was the fourth book I read about how you can use vibrational energy (the Law of Attraction) to attract whatever you wish into your life: love, money, health, wins! All the books teach how you have to be specific about what you ask for from God, the Universe, the Source, etc.
Let me backtrack a bit here. I had saved airline miles for years, and 1) I finally had enough for all of us to travel to Australia, and 2) I felt our daughter was finally old enough to travel that far. So a year ago, I booked us a six-week trip to Australia to visit our relatives. Given the numerous delays in printing the first edition of my book, I decided it would be best to cancelthe trip.
After about a week of pouting, I decided I wanted to win a trip to make-up for the fact I had just cancelled a dream holiday. I also decided to experiment with the theories I had been reading about. I went through all the contests I was currently entering and picked one I really wanted to win, to see the band Simple Plan at The Astoria in London, England, the weekend of February 11-12. Every time I entered, I focused on Simple Plan, London, and traveling in February.
On Thursday, January 19th, I was catching up on my email when someone posted in one of my online sweepstakes groups about a new promotion, the Bell Goldrush Contest. The grand prize was $10,000 in gold, plus there were 25 daily prizes of a trip to Whistler, BC, and 17 daily prizes of $500 Bell Canada gift certificates. It was already the fourth day of the contest. Each day, they had a different “competition” to qualify for the daily prize. The competition on that day was to email in a picture of yourself in the luge position. My husband was bowling, so I asked my 3-year-old daughter to take it. (She is scarily good with a digital camera for someone so young!)
Friday, January 20th, was the last day to enter the Simple Plan contest, and I said to myself, “See you guys soon!” At 8:00 pm that evening, the phone rang. It was Cossette Communications. They informed me I won a trip for two to Whistler, BC, for the weekend of February 24-27!! WOO HOO!!
This is the really interesting part. I was informed that Bell Canada would be hosting several events for its winners that weekend. (These events were not mentioned in the contest rules.) On Saturday, February 25th, there was a cocktail party. A warm-up band came on at 3:00 pm and, get ready for it, at 4:30 pm Simple Plan took the stage!! (Can you hear The Twilight Zone theme song right now?) So I didn’t go to London, but I travelled that February and saw Simple Plan. Remember, be specific when you ask.
What have you spoken into existence?
