The other morning, I was at the kitchen sink making coffee when Anne came into the room, opened the cabinet underneath the sink, and pulled out a bottle of Formula 409. The first thing I wondered was where the name came from. So, I looked it up. It’s an interesting story with which some liberties have been taken.

Because I tend to favor even numbers over odd, I decided to look up the numerological significance of 409. That compelled me to look up the numerological significance of 408 and 410. While I’m happy to leave the details to you, dear reader, I’ll digest and paraphrase their respective significances here, in numerical order:

• The combination of numbers in 408 creates a powerful energy that can help you achieve success and abundance in all aspects of your life, especially if you have excessive grease buildup under the burners on your stove. Seeing this number repeatedly can indicate the universe is trying to guide you towards your goals — or toward the excessive grease buildup under the burners on your stove.
• Because 409 comprises the energies and vibrations of the numbers 4 (practicality and hard work), 0 (spiritual Growth and potential), and 9 (spiritual enlightenment and serving others), it provides a powerful message of the balance between materiality, spiritual pursuits, and unsightly bathtub ring.
• Unlike 408 and 409, 410 contains the number 1, which signifies new beginnings, personal growth, and positive change. As a result, 410 creates a powerful message of perseverance, positivity, spiritual enlightenment, an almost unlimited number of clean toilet bowls, and the elimination (no pun intended) of evidence of pet accidents.

A Word About Practicality

Their numerological significance and cleaning abilities notwithstanding, I’d have been inclined, of course, to buy Formula 408 or 410. But those formulas aren’t made. I try not to think about the fact that I’m stuck.

And I don’t know if this is related to my predilection for even numbers, but there are times at which I wonder how much success, abundance; spiritual growth, spiritual potential, spiritual enlightenment, perseverance, and positivity I need or can take. I think I’m in respectable shape on those fronts. And I’m pretty happy with myself and my life.

I also have to wonder if a cleaning formula with a positive number is too much to ask for. People by and large tend to underestimate how much success, abundance; spiritual growth, spiritual potential, spiritual enlightenment, perseverance, and positivity there is in a clean house.

That seems practical to me.

Originally Published on https://www.bizcatalyst360.com/category/lifecolumns/notes-to-self/

Mark O'Brien Writer, Blogger

I'm the founder and principal of O'Brien Communications Group (obriencg.com) and the co-founder and President of EinSource (einsource.com). I'm a lifelong writer. My wife, Anne, and I have two married sons and four grandchildren. I'm having the time of my life.