FOREWORD

This is a very special book, perhaps unlike any that you have ever read before. For one thing, it is composed of two separate but closely intertwined parts. The first part is about me, and the second part is about you. How can this be, you ask? Well, I’ll get to that in a minute. The second thing that sets this book apart from most others is that you will end up learning some things about yourself by reading it, and hopefully, you will apply that knowledge to your life and experiences long after you’ve turned the last page.

So, about me. My name is Bill Becker, and this book is in part a record of my life and times. But beyond just the story of my life, it is an account of my spiritual journey. We are all on a journey. Some journeys will end sooner than others, but nevertheless, we still travel from the time we are born until we enter into Our Lord’s kingdom—and I like to believe that we enjoy some of that paradise here on earth along the way. At some point (or at many points) on that journey, we find ourselves on the brink of bankruptcy. No, not just the financial kind, though that certainly counts. I’m speaking of bankruptcy in any form, whether physical, emotional, spiritual, or some other kind. Thinking in these terms, what is bankruptcy really? Our Lord knows because it was His idea to begin with, and He even sent his Son to emphasize the point for those who believe: it is but another chance for us, all of us, to start anew.

I happen to believe that we are given angels who guide us on our journey, especially when we’re on the brink of bankruptcy. And maybe, just maybe, we are angels to each other. (What a thought! You mean that gruff, scruffy, smelly old man sitting on a vent could be your angel? Could be! Or could have been, and maybe still is for somebody else. If we thought of everybody as angels, wouldn’t we treat them a tad better then we do?) Whatever the case, these angels help keep us from going over the brink. Just when it seems we are falling into a big, dark abyss, there they are. In this book, you’ll read about my encounters with the brink and the angels who kept me afloat.

There are people in our lives who control us like marionettes—because we allow them to—and control our going over the brink as well. At those times, what ultimately happens to us is often a question of who holds the strings, and if we fall, who throws us a rope so we can climb back up. This tells us how important it is to surround ourselves with loving people who are going to toss us that rope. The force that some of us call God gives us choices, and we sometimes play too close to the edge, maybe because the things sitting close to the edge make us feel good. Our earth angels tell us we have much better things right next to us; unfortunately, we don’t always recognize them. I’ll tell you a little about the people in my life who’ve helped me recognize what matters and who’ve tossed me a rope when I needed it.

The system will require you to complete some important steps to achieve success, but the glue—no, the concrete—that will hold all your success together and assist you in continuously building on your success is the “in spirit” part, or your spiritual base. I am not talking about religion, because it does not matter what your particular faith expression is. What does matter is that you do believe there is a Power that is omnipotent and will do what needs to be done in order for you to accomplish the groundwork needed to make it happen. The secret, which is really not a secret at all, is that all we have to do is ask and accept what our Power Within has supplied for us. We become a magnet to what we think about, always.

This is hard. We all have an ego, and yours will fight you, because this work doesn’t always feel good and you could be doing other (much easier) things than this. The trick is to trick the ego out of its desires by replacing it with the Power Within. Once you start doing this, you will find that things get easier, your life becomes calmer, and you are getting what you want. Here is another neat thing you’ll discover—even though you may ask for something to occur within a certain time frame to keep you on track, once the process is out of your hands, you will experience a sense of peace in “knowing” that it will happen. At those times, the system seems to move at lightning speed, maybe faster. I have found that this happens almost always when I am in church alone or meditating alone. Am I really alone? I think not, as my Power Within is an interlocking link with me, and we are a team. I have laid the groundwork and He has accomplished the miracle. All I had to do was realize that I do indeed have a Power Within that is always there, and put forth the effort of asking for help and following the Power Within system.

When we feel that we have “had it,” as will happen in life, we can feel renewed by two important spiritual beliefs. The first is, all we have to do when bankruptcy happens is to “let go and let God.” If you can truly grasp that, then an inner peace will envelope you with the warmth of His grace. The other is, the bankruptcy will give us a clean slate to work with—another chance. So, this book is about my life, but more importantly, about yours as well, because we are all on the same journey and occasionally teeter on the brink of bankruptcy.

I hope—and yes, pray—that my Discovering the Power Within system will help you not only when you’re on the brink, but along your whole life’s journey.

~ Bill Becker

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