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the pitch
to Kaley with a completed manuscript, everything fell into place—being able to
complete his novel fully in a week’s time (even as a rough draft, this was a
big accomplishment for him), meeting up with Gregory right at the perfect moment
to be assured Kaley wasn’t some rabid agent, walking into the lecture hall and
instantly seeing Shelby, having such a powerful connection with her that he
forgot to be nervous to meet Kaley, and that allowed him to deliver the best
pitch of his life. Daniel felt blessed. He didn’t know how his luck had so
suddenly changed, but he wasn’t complaining.
    “Kaley, that
sounds perfect. I’m confident you’re going to love this story as much as I do,
and as much as readers will.”
    Who was this guy
that made sweeping gestures to attractive women he had only recently met and
claimed complete confidence in his writing? He wasn’t sure, but he was loving
this new version of himself— that had apparently been birthed when he met Shelby.
    Kaley stood up,
extending her hand once again. “Thank you, Daniel. It was a pleasure. And
whatever it is that you’re doing to radiate this kind of energy, please keep it
up. The world needs more of it.”
    Daniel smiled,
shook her hand—noticing this time that it was a lot less crushing and said,
“You’ve got it, Kaley. I look forward to speaking with you next week.”
    And while Daniel
couldn’t fully comprehend how beautifully things were unfolding, he felt a
sense of calm and ease, along with a knowing that all was exactly as it was
meant to be.
    # # #
    Shelby walked
away from Daniel in a state of ecstasy. She couldn’t believe the amount of electricity
she felt in her body while they were talking. It was as if some type of
electrical current system was zigzagging throughout her entire body. It was so
intense, focusing on the content of their conversation was nearly impossible. And
he wanted to see her again! Shelby felt giddy at the possibility of getting to
know Daniel better. Now, the trick was not to sit around and stew about when he
would call and what would happen next. She knew that by worrying about the
details, she would be energetically pushing away what she wanted.
    Laney had turned
her onto that insight—and Shelby had experienced it time and time again.
Whenever she needed something to happen, it didn’t seem to happen or it
took forever to come to fruition. When she didn’t care much or was able to
trust it would work out the way it was meant to, things seemed to happen right
away. A fact was a fact and Shelby knew it—people/places/things flowed into her
experience more rapidly when she detached from needing it to happen.
    But, even so,
she made sure her phone volume was on high—at all times.
    That night her friend
Kathryn called—they had met several months ago at a healing circle facilitated
by healer and intuitive Derrick Milestone. Laney had insisted that Shelby check
it out, reminding her that if she wanted to run her jewelry business full-time
and eventually meet the love of her life, she was going to have to do some
healing work.
    “Listen Shelb, I
love you. But sitting around making pros-and-cons lists and mentally trying to
willpower your new life into fruition is not going to work,” Laney had said,
sounding almost like their mother, who was known for her killer ability to
scold just about anyone.
    “It’s not?”
Shelby had stared over at her blankly as the two speed-walked their way from
OMSI to Sellwood and back on the Springwater Corridor.
    Laney squealed.
“And who’s the older sister here? You can’t force things to happen. You need to
clear whatever blocks are keeping you from having what you want. Willpower is
soooo 2008, by the way. It’s 2013, get with the program,” with that Laney had
sprinted up ahead of Shelby, leaving her with the distinct feeling that Laney—although
her younger sis—was far wiser than Shelby at times.
    Shelby had spent
her life strong-arming her way through.