It’s A Secret
I’ve never thought of myself as a negative person, but lately I have noticed how much time I waste walking around with a ‘Why Me?’ attitude hanging over me like a thundercloud. Over the last few months I have spent days and nights with ‘Why Me?’ dominating every thought: Why did I get sick? Why don’t I have a healthy body? Why can’t I go back to the way I was? Why don’t my relationships ever work? Why don’t I have the career that I want? Why am I stuck in this boring, fear ridden pattern with a body that doesn’t work properly? What did I do to deserve this? Why me, why me, why me? I’ve always done everything I could to make others happy, put the feelings of friends and family before my own, never complained, never took anyone for granted, so why don’t things work out for me the way that I want them to? ‘Why Me?’ is a heavy load to carry; it makes me irritable and sad, and it makes those around me not want to be around me, and that starts the cycle all over again.

So I was just beginning to deal with the fact that ‘Why Me?’ and I were going to spend the rest of my life drowning in misery together when a very dear friend tossed me a life jacket. The life jacket came in the form of a film called ‘The Secret’. At first I balked at the idea of watching it; I thought it was going to be a preachy New Age Get In Touch With Your Inner Child And Give Your Soul A Hug film, so I put off watching it and went on with my daily routine of beating myself up and putting myself down. It took me a week to realize that I needed to give in and give ‘Why Me?’ a rest. That rest was three weeks ago and, aside from the odd slip up, it has not come back. Don’t misunderstand me, I still have days where I feel like everything I do is wrong and I’m not getting anywhere, but those days are few and far between; the bad and unhealthy parts of my life are also still there, but they are not so horrifyingly huge as they once were.

‘The Secret’ is based on the universal Law of Attraction, meaning that every single person on this planet attracts the same type of energy he or she gives off. It is a simple and ancient law, and it is one that we need to remind ourselves of on a daily basis. Think about it, how much time do you spend each day putting yourself or others down as compared to thinking that you have a good life that is only getting better? We live in a world where it is far easier to see the negative side of things than the positive; we are surrounded by war, famine, disease and an overwhelming sense of hopelessness, but what we fail to understand is that we have the power to change all of it. As cheesy as it sounds, the power of Positive Thought really can change the world, or at least your place in it.

I’m not saying that I’m going to be Mary Sunshine and see the world through rose colored glasses every day, but I am going to focus on the things that I’m proud of, the things that I’m passionate about, and the things that put a smile on my face, instead of walking that well worn path down Negativity Road, and I am going to do whatever I can to make sure that ‘The Secret’ doesn’t stay a secret for very long.