Making money

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Written in response to: "Include the words “That’s not what I meant” or “That went sideways” in your story. " as part of The Tools of Creation with Angela Yuriko Smith.

This is what I want. I wanna make a lot of money. I pray to God for us for years I’ve taken courses of manifestation from New Age people and I feel it’s gonna happen. I’ve

read all the self-help books. You know the ones but I feel it’s gonna happen now and I know I need to do my part. I’ve applied for jobs in fact every job in the classifieds and something should come through. I trust that I’m gonna make a lot of money thank you God for letting me make so much money. I’m making millions I can see it. I can feel it in my heart.

I can feel it in my soul. I know it. I’m going to make a lot of money and it will do my part. It will be happy and celebrate right now because that’s how many manifest manifest the emotions and “ the law of attraction.” and a note to release the prayers. I’ve said I’m making a lot of money and I’m releasing it and I’m filling out applications for everywhere McDonald’s to IBM. I’m going to make a lot of money there’s this exercise I’ve been doing where we get $1.10 and I say I’m making a lot of money with the penny until I go through 100 pennies and then I put one of the pennies in the tent set pile aside and I do this until I’ve done it 10 times I go through the $1.10 or in Laymans terms 1000 times I’m making lots of money. I replied to warehouses assembly lines, fast food chains reception, desks, government jobs everything I’m qualified for and some things I’m not but they say copy Training everyone applied for a CDL-A. And I can feel it. I’m making lots of money and instead of investing in this old Volkswagen, I’m going to invest in a new car any car I want I’m making so much money and I know God has heard me. I know the universe has hurt me and I know it’s already answered. My prayers manifested through the energies of the universe, I’m making lots of money.

I’m single now but once I make lots of money, I can do things and meet people and be happy doing those things, and after two years will be engaged and be married all because of making so much money. The universe God whatever you choose to call it even Jesus I don’t care i he I don’t gonna help me make money. Millions and millions of dollars I can feel it in my bones. I’m making money. I’m earning a livable wage and I’m making money. I am the American dream alone of a big house two cars in the garage two or three kids and a dog or a cat maybe a dog and a cat all because I’m making money.

I know some people won’t believe me, but I don’t wanna listen to those people spend time with those people. I’ve got them out of my life. I’m with positive people now who love me and believe in me and can loan me if I need, but I’m paying them back now all of them cause I’m making this money. Quarterly direction or a group of drunks I’m wealthy. I’m independent I can travel. I don’t have to worry about gas prices anymore or maintenance on the cars all this because I’m making millions in my new career.

I’ve taken classes. I’ve walked over burning coal and I know that this is going to happen. I’m gonna make so much money I’m making at least $10,000 a day. Life is so much easier now I pay my taxes. I pay my credit card bills all of them on time with no interest. If my friends need help I can help them. I can even donate to organizations I want and everyone’s proud of me I didn’t steal it. I didn’t do any con artist things I made it. I am making millions of dollars every year and I know who my friends are and he was just trying to get me for my money and I’m OK with that. I’m OK with the phone calls from telemarketer and organizations. I’ll give to some of them but not all of them but it’ll be my choice. I’ll be the man in charge all because I am making money. Lincoln’s, Grants, Washington’s. Franklin‘s. And I’m the one who’s making it. Nobody has power of me or can control me with their money anymore because I’m the one who’s making the money. I’m not begging. I’m manifesting it. I’m making millions of dollars a year.

I’ll hire a secretary to get the calls of poor me and charity calls. I’ll be on a 24 hours Shift answering my cell phone and I’ll pay them well I’m making money I’m making at least $10,000 a day. I’m making money.

And then my phone rings. It’s a job offer and they take me in for an interview as I said I’m making millions of dollars I write down the address and figure out how to get there. It’s a job in the department of treasury. That’s a good thing. There’s a lot of money in the department of treasury and they ask if I have any experience and as assembly lies and tell them yes I worked for a temp agency and several factories and they say that’s great

Let me fill out a W-2 or maybe it was a W-4. I don’t remember and then they show me where in the line I’m going to be. I’m gonna be making sure that the machine that prints dollar bills is printing them correctly and if they’re not, I need to push the right button and the machine will stop and they’ll get an engineer to look at it to fix it so I’m making thousand of dollars at minimum wage. Or is Bill Cosby put it: “God has a sense of humor.”

Posted Apr 17, 2026
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