Cosmic Favoritism

Self,

I can't help but wonder how to be the direct beneficiary of some Cosmic Favoritism.  I seem to only get it secondhand.

So I was wondering through a store a few months back and stumbled upon something that I thought would be a nice gift for a friend.  (I can't say too much in case the friend is reading I don't want this person knowing their gift before I give it to them, and for identifiaction this will be FriendA.)  So I bought it. And to keep it simple, lets call it gift#1a  On it's own it would mostly be a "thoughtful" gift, not bad since it wasn't planned.  Later I thought of something that would be a great pairing to gift#1a and the combination would be a "fitting" gift for the person.  So I decided I would buy  gift#1b.  As I stood there thinking about it for a second it occurred to me that gift#1b would be nice for another person who I know through FriendA, who I'll call FriendB. So I actually bought two gift#1b. 

Well I got to thinking that it would be nice if I could find something similar to gift#1a for FriendB.  So I started intentially wandering stores looking for another gift#1a.  I found one...I didn't like it as much but it did complete the pairing.  However I also kept looking.
So the other day, I showed everything to my mom and explained the situation. She agreed that the gift#1a that I bought for FriendB wasn't quite as nice as the one for FriendA, so we decide to try another store.  WOULD YOU BELIVE that I found the exact same gift#1a.  It's a perfect match!

So the point of all this is that although I am thankful that I was able to find what I needed to make a suitble gift to give to someone.  It would be nice to recieve similar cosmic favor for things in my own life.  Like being the right caller to a radio contest, or having business transaction go through, being able to get really great deals on airfare or free upgrade.  Or like here at work they are asking for donations to put in a card for the janitor....nobody in his family is ill or has died, they just being nice with the holiday spirit....He's about to come up like $400-800....if not more.

INSTEAD, on top of everything that goes with the holidays, I have to add the expense of having to have Thunderbolt's engine serviced - just after paying his registration fees, I got notices that I have to pay the renewals for my financial licenses..............

Yeah, a little extra cosmic favor for myself would be nice. 

.................maybe it's coming down the line, but I'll continue as if it ain't coming.

Sincerely,
Pharaoh