The Secret

[macdobhran]

• Your current thoughts are creating your future life. What you think about the most or focus on the most will appear as your life.



• An affirmation for the rest of your life:
  
  "In the new picture of the coming years, I see my life growing and expanding in everything: in health, youth, and unlimited energy at all times and in all circumstances. I see myself in complete freedom. I see unlimited growth in my personal capacity, mental power, and intellectual brilliancy. I see constant improvement in all the elements of my personality and my body. I see daily growth in my wisdom, understanding, insight, and realization. I see myself in peace, harmony, love, and joy, and I see my character expanding to be stronger and more beautiful. I see the never-ending betterment of friends, associations, and environments. I see myself in everlasting joy and infinite bliss."

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Thus ends my yearlong journey through The Secret for which I'm sure some of you are very grateful. Part of me feels that way too.

While I agree with the basic precept of the book, that you create your own life, I think the author takes those ideas too far sometimes. I purposely didn't post some of the more, in my opinion, outlandish ideas that popped up on my calendar. I still haven't read the book or seen the movie, and I don't think I ever will. There's just something about the author's writing that bugs me. It's sort of a 6th grade reading level and at least in the calendar, she doesn't seem to have very many sources for her hypotheses based on the fact that she keeps quoting the same people over and over.

Overall, I'm glad I used this calendar because I think some people out there got some insight or at least started thinking about their life in a different way. I hope. For years my bio in LJ has been the quote "Life is not about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself." and I really believe that. You can't just wish your life to be better because then we'd all be Brad and Angelina. You have to create the life you want and to do that you have to work at first thinking good thoughts, being thankful for what you have, and then being thankful for what you want as if you already have it.

Everyone has bad days, self-pity days, but if the majority of your days are spent worrying about the worst that can happen or complaining about how your life sucks, then I just don't see how it's going to get any better.

So my challenge to you, gentle readers, this new year is to try something new. If you hate your life, try being thankful for what you do have. Every day. If you're already thankful for what you have, then be thankful for what you desire as if you already have it. If you already have all that you could possibly desire, then spread the love and be thankful for what others want for themselves as if they already have it.

Namaste. God bless. Happy New Year.

Comments

[beatrizwench.livejournal.com]

I was eager to see what your thoughts on this year's journey would be. I gotta say, I think you nailed it, dead on, at least on what I've been thinking. Some days the messages were gentle reminders that I should focus on the glass being half full; other days I rolled my eyes, snickered to myself and kept moving.

Thank you for sharing this with us, however. Even on the days I thought "What? Is this author crazy??" I at least found a chuckle. There are worse ways than starting a day than with a smile.

Thanks again, Hon. I look forward to what 2009 will bring!

Merry, merry new year to you and your wonderful bride!

hugs,
M.

[cellymcfae.livejournal.com]

I really do appreciate this series, hon. It has helped me through parts of the year and, like you, some parts were more useful and helpful than others.

Thank you, my love...

[ktnboo.livejournal.com]

I am glad it's over, and even more glad that you got something out of it. I may reference this post in the future.

[sweetpea86.livejournal.com]

You know, I'm such a literal person, that I always think of what I can DO to make things different, rather than how I can THINK to make things different. So right there you have given me something to chew on.

Good job, BD.

ps: I love you.

[zammis.livejournal.com]

I think you did a good job pulling the good stuff and leaving the less-good behind. :) I got value out of it.