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She was an impatient person, they
said.

Everybody who worked with Mrs.
Suzuki agreed that she was always in
a hurry. And she especially hated to
wait for the elevator.

Shinjuku train station, where she
worked in a small kiosk, is one of the
busiest spots in Tokyo, and in the
world. Between two and three million
people pass through the station each
day, so sometimes the elevators can
take a while to arrive.

Of course, Mrs. Suzuki was a hurry-
up kind of person anyway. She did
everything quickly and efficiently,
because there was always so much
to do in such a busy setting.

At about 9:00 on the morning of
October 4th 1997, witnesses say that
she hurried over to the elevator,
pushed to the front of the small
crowd of waiting people, and
repeatedly pressed the already-lit
Down button.

As always, she hated waiting for the
elevator.

But on that morning, unlike every
other morning, she got her wish.

When the bell rang and the doors
began to part, she quickly pushed
her way in.

And discovered that the elevator had
not arrived yet.

She fell to her death.

Witnesses say Mrs. Suzuki made no
sound as she fell. They only heard
the meaty thump when her body hit
bottom. So we don't know what she
was thinking as she fell.

We don't know if she was elated that
- finally - she hadn't had to wait for
the elevator to arrive. Or she may
have realized, too late, that all her
impatience was merely a way

of wishing for reality to somehow be

different.

We don't know any of that. We only
know she was so occupied with
getting to her next objective that she
forgot to do a reality check on the
way.

Many of the errors we make during
the day are easily correctable.
Occasionally, however, life presents
us with the opportunity to make a
really big change. Sometimes that

big change can be a huge step up.
Other times, it can be abig mistake -
something we won't walk away from.
But we usually get those kinds of
"opportunities" only if we
absolutely, bull-headedly insist.

We may believe the axiom that
thoughts have power, but how

responsible are we in the application
of that power? How carefully do we
select our thoughts?

Life (or our higher self, guardian
angel, God, the universe) usually
leaves a little slack between our
wishes and what we get.

But once in a while, life just goes
ahead and gives us exactly what
we've been insisting upon.

The power that we all have to turn
thoughts into reality is a wonderful
gift. And life, through this gift,
blesses us richly every day.

Sometimes, however, we may
practice a blind, inflexible insistence
that "I want things this way, and this
way ONLY!"

It's true that this is a flexible,
malleable universe - more flexible
than we can ever imagine - but
everything, including
irresponsibility, has a price. That
price changes

constantly.

Luckily, the price is usually fairly
manageable.

But now and then the price jumps

wildly up or down. And when

that happens, doors open magically.
Sometimes even elevator

doors.

People say: "Be careful what you
wish for; you might get it." I would
add: be careful HOW you wish.

Because, when that door DOES
open, whatever is on the other side is
directly related to the long-term trend
of your own thoughts, feelings and
spiritual input.

What do you spend your time
wishing for - all those little wishes
that, together, make up the trend of
your daily thinking?

Please... don't waste your wishes on
elevators. Because sometimes the
price changes, and doors open
magically.

Charles Burke is the author of
"Command More Luck," a book

offering powerful suggestions for
getting more cooperation from life,
luck, and your own mind, especially
in uncertaintimes. Whether you call it
synchronicity, serendipity, or just
plain old luck, you CAN become
more "naturally lucky." Go to
http://www.moreluck.com