Sunday, July 13, 2008

Law of Attraction

People talk to me about ‘why do I always seem to wind up dating some loser’, or ‘how is it that I always pick friends who take advantage of me?’

I believe in the law of attraction. What you, me, any of us focus our thoughts, emotions and energies on in this Universe, we attract to us. People who worry about ‘finding Mr. or Ms. Right’, or ‘am I ever going to find a job I’m happy with’ are sending out into the universe negative energy – their focus is on what they don’t have, and this attracts more of what they don’t have. However, when they focus their thoughts and energies on what they do have, such as ‘I have good friends now and I know I’m going to find Mr. or Ms. Right’, or ‘I am grateful that I have a job and I’m looking forward to the day when I have a job I’m happy with and in’ their energy shifts, sending out positive energy into the universe, and attracting more of what they have. This can be difficult because we live in such a negative world. It seems to me that a lot of people are so pessimistic about life, and if everyone around them is negative, they often take on those same attitudes, which only attracts more negativity.

Changing how you think and focus your energy is not an easy task, especially if you’ve been in this same thought and energy pattern for a while. However, it’s not impossible. One of the things I have found to be helpful, in my life and with others is creating a ‘gratitude list’. This list, which you spend at least 5 minutes every day writing, is a list of those things you are grateful for. The list doesn’t have to be ‘big things’, like, ‘I’m grateful for my car’ (although that can be something to be grateful for), it also includes those everyday things. ‘I’m grateful for this day’ or ‘I’m grateful for breaks at work’. Finding things to be grateful for can be difficult at first, but think of the small things – ‘I’m grateful for having shoes to wear’. Over time your gratitude list will grow – you’ll be focusing on what you have, not what you don’t have, and you’ll begin attracting more of what you want.

It’s about trusting The Universe.

Do the people around you have positive attitudes? Do you draw from the energy of those around you? Do you feel you give off good energy?

1 comment:

rainie said...

I think I was 28 when I had an epiphany: I was miserable and everyone around me was miserable. I made a conscious decision to "be happy". Within a couple years, everything in my life seemed to shift and I quickly found myself in a different state, with a different job. My life began progressing in amazing ways. Today, I have more materially and emotionally than I ever imagined possible.