The $20 That Opened a Portal (Yes, Really)

The whisper came at the farmer’s market.

I was sitting on the grass on a perfect summer day.

A trio of brothers were jamming live music.

Few people paid attention to them—

I was basking in the beauty of it.

“Let’s give them some love,” I thought.

I reached for some money.

“Perfect,” I thought. “There’s a five-dollar bill.”

Then the whisper came:

“Give twenty.”

Next thought?

“That’s crazy.”

Cash flow is tight.

A bunch of big expenses are coming.

Rent is due.

Lately I’ve been focused on writing, not on marketing or sales.

And still…

I live by a commitment I made long ago:

Never resist a generous impulse.

Many times, those impulses feel counterintuitive. Risky.

They ask me to give time or money when it looks like I “can’t afford it.”

But I’ve come to trust them

—more than my conditioning,

—more than my fear,

—more than my bank account.

And I’ve learned to distrust the fear.

It’s not that I didn’t feel doubt.

I did.

But the principle I live by carried me forward.

So I gave the $20.

Not two minutes later, a message popped up:

“Hey Daniel, what’s your Venmo? I’ve got $400 for you.”

A fellow coach was thanking me.

I’d introduced him to someone who became a client.

I wasn’t expecting anything from the introduction—just made it because it felt right.

And definitely wasn’t expecting anything in that moment.

That $400 was completely unexpected.

And no, it’s not a huge amount.

But it’s a 2,000% return on generosity—on trusting the holy flow

and honoring the principle I live by.

Not because I “earned” it.

Because I aligned with who I choose to be.

That’s how Divine Flow works.

Now, I’m not saying that I caused that 2,000% ROI.

Still… had I let “I can’t afford it” dominate my behavior?

Who knows what might not have happened.

That phrase?

It’s a lie. Always.

It blocks the flow.

What it really means is:

“I’m not willing to figure out how to create the money.”

But you can afford everything that truly matters to you.

You are infinite.

You can create anything.

When we shift from limitation to creation,

from fear to faith,

from scarcity to our Supreme Self—

miracles happen.

So I offer this to you:

If you’re waiting until it feels safe to be generous…

If you’re holding back until you’ve “earned” the right to invest in yourself, in abundance, in possibility…

You may be postponing your own miracle.

Instead, I invite you to listen.

Not to me—

But to the generosity already inside you.

That’s the door to the Divine.