I had just returned from a trip to Jamaica and decided to watch “The Secret”. I didn’t know what to expect, so I decided I would watch with an open mind. I remember being so taken with what I was hearing that I began to jot down notes at a feverish pace. Everything I was hearing made so much sense!! I finally realized why I couldn’t seem to change the destructive behaviors occurring in my life. As much as I hated my life situation and the choices I was making, that was all I thought about. Day in and day out, all I thought about was how much I hated what I was doing to myself. I still get overwhelmed thinking about the moment I realized that the reason I kept finding myself in the same situation over and over again, was because I kept inviting it into my life by constantly thinking about how much I hated what was happening. In that moment I finally understood that the only way to change my situation was to change my thinking.

I immediately began to visualize my life the way I wanted it to be, not the way I didn’t want it to be. I remember thinking that I didn’t have enough money to go out and purchase everything I thought I would need for a vision board and decided to use what I already had to create my own version of a vision board. Since I had just returned from Jamaica, I decided to use the postcards I had purchased and magnets to create my vision board on my fridge. My thinking was that this was a place in my house that I would see every single day and on numerous occasions. Therefore I would constantly be reminded of the life I wanted to create for myself.

I had no idea how I was going to make this happen for myself. I was in a really, really, bad place, both financially and emotionally. My life was in complete chaos and I had been abusing myself for over 3 years with very destructive and dangerous behaviors. One of the notes I had taken while watching “The Secret” stated that I didn’t have to know how it was going to happen, instead I only had to believe that it could happen. That’s all, just believe. Visualize it, believe it can and will happen, and in the meantime, be grateful for all I have in the present. I held on to this belief for dear life. I had nothing to lose by trying this new way of thinking and everything to gain. I figured, everything I had done up to this point hadn’t worked for me. In fact, my life seemed to be getting worse. Every single day from that point on, every chance I got, I thought about my life the way I wanted it to be. Full of joy and love and peace and laughter and abundance and the warm sunshine of Jamaica. I knew without a doubt that my soul longed for these things. I needed them in fact, to not only survive but to flourish in a way that I knew it could. Somewhere deep down inside I knew that I deserved all the wonderful gifts this life has to offer, I had just forgot for the time being. My chaotic and destructive life didn’t allow for it.

That was in June 2008 and since then the miracles haven’t stopped. My life has changed in ways I could have never imagined. If I wasn’t seeing it happen in my own life with my own eyes, I’m not sure if I could believe as strongly as I do. I am living proof that the law of attraction is undeniably real! Over the past 7 years I have created a life that brings me happiness and comfort and serenity and joy and peace and love. I am so very, very grateful every day, for my life and all the wonderful things the Universe keeps bestowing on me.

Today I am financially stable. I have joy in my daily life, a great job, loving and loyal friends and a peace of mind that I didn’t think was possible. I spend half my time, approximately 6 months out of the year, in Jamaica, a place I love dearly and I believe, saved my life. If I hadn’t gone on that trip, I wouldn’t have been able to pull myself out of my chaos long enough to watch “The Secret” the night I returned home. After all, the DVD had been sitting on my bookshelf, unopened for over a year.

Everyday, I think about what I want to bring about and then I simply believe it to be so. It’s worked for the past 7 years and I have no reason to think it won’t continue to work, and every reason to believe it will. Thank you!