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It had been a lean month and both Ron and I were worried about paying the bills. It's hard to run three companies with no bank loan! In fact, it was the first time we had actually lost money and been in the red. That usually didn't happen to us. To make matters worse, both our son's birthdays were coming up, Christmas was right around the corner, we owed money to some associates and company bills loomed.

Trouble is the more you worry about these sorts of things, the bigger the problem gets. The worry actually pushes the solution farther and farther away from you and it becomes like a runaway train.

One Saturday afternoon, Ron and I decided to just put the problem up onto God's shelf and let the universe worry about it for a while. We then went to Adventure Landing and played a little miniature golf with our boys as we both thought the beautiful sunshine and fun atmosphere would do us both good. After we got the clubs, we walked over to the first hole and I leaned on a wooden fence to watch my oldest son start the game off.

Then out of the corner of my eye, I noticed a very tiny spider on the top of the post. I marveled at how small it was and watched it dance around the top of the fence. Then the funniest thing happened. I began to sense that it was actually mad at me!! Do spiders get mad at people? I have never really thought about it and had certainly never "felt" it before, but this one was actually mad at me! Extraordinary!! I could sense it in every bone of my body. Needless to say I moved my arm from the post and instantly felt that the spider was relieved. Then it danced around a second more and lifted it's back-end up into the air. A stream of it's "web" came out and danced in the sunlight. Then the air lifted the spider off the post and it rose into the air!! It was just like that scene from Charlotte's Web when Charlotte's children all leave Wilbur. As I watched, I noticed a tree nearby and thought that perhaps the little guy would land there, but it instead rose higher and higher into the atmosphere. I watched it until my youngest son yelled at me to watch him putt.

Clearly this was a message. I knew it immediately. The Universe has this little habit of always being able to get my attention, and when it can't get me to listen, I get sent messages in other forms. This time the lesson was to have. Just like the spider trusted the wind to carry him safely to another place, the Universe wanted me to do the same.

I carried the little spider's message in my mind for the rest of the day. It really was incredibly beautiful, especially coming from a creature that I have always hated. I HATE spiders!!! Somehow though this was different, and I wished my little friend Godspeed and knew that he would land safely.

That evening, my husband and I sat in his office and chatted about some solutions to our dilemma. As I sat on his couch I happened to glance over at his bookcase and noticed two books were crooked. Then I looked at their titles.

No need to hit me on the head with a cosmic two-by-four! I immediately got the message. Ron and I are being guided and will be fine. Message received!!! We'll solve the problem by going within and we'll create a new prosperous reality for everyone in the company!!

Choose to do it, and you will. Choose to change your life and you will. Choose to take off like the little spider did. Life is actually as simple or as difficult as we make it. Imagine that you are an artist facing a blank canvas. You can make the picture as simple or as complex as you like. You can choose the colors and the theme of the painting. Choose to make your painting simple, and it will be. Choose to make your painting difficult, and it will be. Doubt your abilities and doubt that you are worthy enough for a prosperous life, and you won't have one. Your doubt will squash it. It's as simple as that.

You too can change your life and reach your dream. Just have faith and you can do anything!!

About the Author: Katharine Giovanni, the world's leading international concierge training expert, has been training concierge for over a decade. She is Triangle Concierge's senior trainer and speaker, and is the author of their best-selling books Going Above and Beyond and The Concierge Manual. Katharine has traveled around the country teaching workshops to groups, individuals and corporations. She has appeared in dozens of newspaper articles, magazines, radio and TV shows around the country including ABC News Nightline, CBS News, ABC News, Delta Airlines Sky Radio, the Wall Street Journal, Forbes, The New York Times and Conde Naste to name a few. Raised in New York City, Katharine has a B.A. from Lake Forest College and currently lives in North Carolina with her husband Ron and two children. Katharine is a member of the National Speakers Association. She can be reached through her websites at www.triangleconcierge.com or www.katharinegiovanni.com