This is my second time posting a story here, but I know it won’t be the last because the Universe is always finding ways to show me how important my thoughts and feelings are in manifesting my reality.

I have read “The Secret,” “The Power,” and “The Magic,” as well as watched “The Secret” many times over. I have been a firm believer in the law of attraction for three years. They are all my go-to books and films when I need a top-up or when I simply need to change my energy. To Rhonda and her team, you have surely outdone yourselves with The Magic. Thank you.

In the first week of reading “The Magic,” I won three contests in one day, and yesterday I won another to ‘the ultimate food and wine festival’ in Jamaica, and this is how:

Usain Bolt’s restaurant Tracks & Records (UBTandR) began a musical series of having Reggae and Dancehall artists perform every week. I remember seeing the ad on their Facebook page and thought to myself, wow, imagine if Sizzla performed, I definitely have to be there. Sizzla is one of my favorite reggae artists of all time. If you started singing a line to a Sizzla song, I would finish it, lol

One day, while on Facebook, I saw that Sizzla was the next artist to perform the following week at UBTandR. My heart skipped a beat. I thought to myself, “Wow, I would really love to go to that show”, but as a college student on a budget, I had other financial priorities. So, I declared that the Universe would find a way for me to go to that Sizzla concert at no expense to me.

The day of the concert, a Tuesday morning in class, my mind was on the Sizzla show. I thought of how I would finally get to see him perform live with a band on a small stage as opposed to the usual major stage shows we have in Jamaica, where people are usually lost in the crowd. I went back to the UBTandR Facebook page and looked at the flyer again, smiling.

In literally a matter of seconds, Heineken, the official sponsor of the show, tweeted on Twitter that they would be giving a complimentary VIP pass to the first person to tweet them the name of the founder of Heineken. I think it took me five seconds to Google the name and tweet Heineken with a reply! Heineken received so many answers in the first 30 seconds that I almost thought wow, I might not be able to win. But just as I thought that I replaced it with: Are you crazy, Sonya? This is YOUR VIP ticket; this is how the Universe will allow me to see Sizzla live in concert.

Just like that, they tweeted me. I won a VIP pass for myself and a friend! I could not stop expressing how grateful and thankful I was to the Universe! So I got to see Sizzla perform.

That same morning in class, after winning the tickets to see Sizzla, I went back to Facebook, where I saw SkkanMedia (a major photography entity that captures the best parties and major events in Jamaica) was giving away tickets to an oldies party “Stir It Up” to the first person that could tell them the name of the artist in the picture they posted. They posted a picture of Beyonce, and I was the third person to answer, but I won because I was the first person to not only spell her name correctly but include her last name as well: Beyonce Knowles!!!

I was on fire! I just remember nudging my friend beside me in class and telling her how The Magic was working! What is so amazing about this win is that I have always wanted to go to an oldies party in Jamaica, but something always came up when they were taking place.

Well, SkkanMedia was not done with the giveaways because literally an hour later, they asked another question for two more tickets to Stir It Up, and I was the first person to answer and to answer correctly! I was on a roll! I just kept thinking that as I was finding all the things I was grateful for, including winning tickets that morning. So the Universe was giving me more things to be grateful for, winning more tickets! It was the best feeling ever! I just kept saying thank you over and over again in my head. I thanked Heineken, I thanked SkkanMedia, and I was just in a great state of being thankful.

So now for yesterday’s win! This one is extra special to me because I am a foodie! I love watching Food Network, The Cooking Channel, and shows like Top Chef, Iron Chef America, The Next Iron Chef, etc. For some time now I have been hearing about the Jamaica Epicurean Escape, Gourmet Food & Wine Festival to be held this weekend on the North Coast of the island. I have been watching their Facebook page and website for weeks, just thinking of how I really wanted to go, and that the opportunity would arise for me to go!

An opportunity came. My classmate’s close friend was going for work, and her office needed two volunteers to work at the Festival, all expenses paid. I thought, “Wow, tell her I want to go too.” So I placed it to the back of my mind, but after not hearing anything, I thought maybe her friend had already given the slot to another friend. I was right; she did, but I was not discouraged. I still had hope that I was going even though I had no clue how.

So yesterday in class, I went on Epicurean’s Facebook page again, looking at the international and local chefs to be at the festival. The local artists to be performing, such as Chronixx, an upcoming Reggae artiste I grew fond of, and Patti La Belle, and I thought, wow, this is going to be a major festival. I would have so much food and literally be in foodie heaven!

Right after I went on twitter, I saw the Jamaica Gleaner, the premier newspaper in Jamaica, was giving away tickets to Epicurean to the first person who could tell them three chefs that would be at the event. Of course, I answered first and said I have this in the bag! But then I realized I had spelled one of the chefs’ names wrong: Denis instead of Dennis, and fear crept over me. Of course, I didn’t win because of that crippling fear, and the third person to answer won the tickets. I was disappointed but thought, okay, this has got to be a lesson from the Universe to not second guess myself or let fear cripple me!

So I kept thinking, Gleaner will ask another question and this time I will get it right and I will be the winner. It must have been five minutes later they posted another question. I answered quickly and correctly and I won!
I went to pick up the two tickets for the food and wine festival!

One more thing. Do you remember that musical series UBT and R has? Well, the next selected artist to perform was Chronixx! I declared it would be fun to go, but there was no way I could go since I had exams just days away. Well, the Universe heard, and that is why I will be seeing him perform for the first time at the food & wine festival on Sunday! Wow, the Universe is really amazing!