COMMENT

Frank McKinney in Ange Village
("Village of Angels"), Haiti – one of
the self-sustaining communities built
by the Caring House Project
Foundation.

I recently learned about bestselling
author Frank McKinney with the recently
published The Tap.

Books about an individual's life and spiritual
journey are always absorbing to me.
Reading The Tap, I learned about
McKinney's philosophy and impressions
about self-fulfillment, material and spiritual
wealth, God, philanthropy, and circumstances
that might be associated with
'luck' and 'synchronicity' – words that
McKinney might alternatively express as
"Tap Moments."

Not all of McKinney's forthright observations
seem adequately expressed (i.e.,
". . . I think it's safe to say that God sanctions
our desires, or they wouldn't exist in
us") yet many impressed me as valid
("increased riches of any kind provide
you with more to share with others") or
thought-provoking.

A pivotal event in his life occurred in the
mid-1990s on the day after his company
secured a record-breaking multimillion
dollar property sale. The following
excerpts from the book describe an incident
that is an example of a 'Tap' (from
God).

On that day, our record-breaking sale was
teased on the front page then carried over
to page two of our local newspaper, and
when I opened the paper, there I was with
the house, my big grin the focal point of
the photo . . .

Then the oddest thing happened. My eyes
swept across the fold and there, on page
three, was a man who looked so much
like me that I stopped and stared at him,
too. Have you ever been told that you
look like someone? And usually you don't
think so, but then there's that rare instance
when you think, Oh my goodness! I do
look like that person! This was like that
for me: He was standing in line at a soup
kitchen, homeless and hungry.

He had a beard, but I tell you, it was like
looking at a long-lost twin.

. . . I stopped and thought hard about what
it meant to see my accomplishments celebrated
on one page and the needs of someone
else highlighted on the page directly
opposite.

I paused, closed the paper for a moment,
and wondered in awe, Could there be a
more obvious message?

McKinney avowed: "I don't believe that
God edits my local paper, but I do believe
that God works through other people and
that other people's work is a conduit for
Tap Moments. It certainly was true for me
that day."

He responded to the incident by signing
up to serve food once a week for homeless
people as a volunteer for the local organization
featured in the newspaper article.

More recently, McKinney's efforts in Haiti
have included providing a million meals to
starving people and building self-sustaining
communities through the work of the
Caring House Project Foundation.

For more information about Frank
McKinney, visit http://www.frank-mckinney.
com

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