Number Ten of Ten

I did not win the MegaMillions lottery drawing Tuesday night. Someone else did. Maybe not the big jackpot, but at least the 5 of 6 numbers prize. When we hear someone has received a large sum of money, or is driving a new car, or found the perfect job, how do we feel about that? (And please notice the word feel, not just think or believe.) You may remember that the Tenth Commandment has to do with not coveting thy neighbor's house, spouse, cattle, manservant, maidservant, etc. It is pretty clear that coveting has to do with wanting what someone else has. So how come we haven't manifested whatever it is? How come those people (who we might look at and judge as not deserving, not as "good" as we are, etc.) got what they got and we didn't? It has nothing to do with how good someone is (because remember the Bible says that the rain falls on the just and the unjust, not that it is our place to judge--just saying). It has everything to do with consciousness. When we have a consciousness of prosperity, that becomes our experience. When we have a consciousness of lack and struggle, that becomes our experience. What do we do when we see that someone else won the lottery? Resentment and bitterness keep our good from coming to us. So we offer thanks that they did win, knowing that because they did, we can, too. And we recognize that the lottery is only one of innumerable ways that Spirit has of bringing our good to us. We stay open to it. And, by the way, we buy a ticket!