A devotee prayed to Master, “How can I thank Swamiji for all he has done to help me?”
The thought came, “It will soon be Valentine’s Day. You could make him some cookies.”
“It was just a small thing, a plateful of cookies,” she said. “But I felt the inspiration came from Master and it was important to me that I do this for Swamiji.” In her little cabin, she had only a hotplate, so she arranged to use the oven at the community market. Early in the morning, on Valentine’s Day, she gathered up her supplies and went to do her baking.
But there had been a misunderstanding, and the oven was in use. A few hours later, she returned there, but the oven still wasn’t available. When the same thing happened a third time, she decided sadly, “I guess it wasn’t meant to be. The whole day has passed, and I have nothing to give Swamiji. Master, you’ll have to find a way to thank him for me.”
Two days later, she received a note from Swamiji, which began, “Thank you for the Valentine cookies…”