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How On Earth Did That Happen?
Submitted by: Denise
I am a 23 year old student from Austria. I have lived in London and I have accidentally used The Secret my whole life.
First of all I gotta say, I discovered the book The Secret a couple of years ago. But I never really thought it could help me. Why? I don’t know. I felt, I had to DO everything, just like everybody else does. You have to do certain things, to get what you want to get. Go to school, be a good student, go to uni or college, be a good student, graduate, get a nice, well paid but draining full time job, a husband (or wife), kids, a house, a dog, a nice car. But then I started asking myself, is this it? Do I really need this to be happy? Or can I be happy now? And this made me travel back in mind to certain events in my life.
Like when I was 9 years old and my beloved grandpa died. I missed him so much it tore my heart apart. But I felt that he stayed with me through the necklace he gave me when I was baptized. So I wore it every day. Until that one day a couple of weeks after he died.
I took a walk with my mom in the nearby woods. I don’t know why, but I took the necklace off and somehow dropped it. It was fall and so it fell deep into the many layers of leaves on the ground. My mom and I started searching for it but we couldn’t find it. After 30 minutes my mom started walking away and said, “You’ll find it, don’t worry”. But I was in tears. I was kneeling, throwing leaves in the air, my hands dirty from seeking my precious necklace. I couldn’t believe my mom just left me standing there. So I got back up on my feet, watched her walk away and thought about walking away too. But something held me there. So I closed my eyes and felt the wind playing with my hair. I remember this as if it was yesterday, although it’s 14 years ago.
I started imagining how the wind blew away all the leaves so I could just pick up my necklace from the ground. I wished for it. I wished so hard that I could feel the happiness of getting my necklace back as if I was already holding it in my hand. And this encouraged me to open my eyes again and keep searching. So I knelt back down and started staring at the pile of leaves. I guess I tried to see through them. I tried to “get my magic on”, while all I was doing was thinking about finding that stupid golden necklace in that stupid pile of orange-goldish leaves. The wind got stronger and started blowing away a couple of leaves. And some more leaves. And some more. And then it blew away the leaf. And there it was!! My necklace!! I couldn’t believe it! I picked it up and jumped up and down in joy! I ran after my mom and told her I’d found it. She smiled at me and said, “See, I knew you’d find it!”
I just lately figured out that my mom started sharing The Secret with me from a very young age on. She couldn’t always use it for herself, but she passed it on to me, I guess without even really knowing she did that. And now I can help her, by reminding her how she can change everything for the better through using The Secret.
BTW, she is one of those people who always parks their car right in front of their house, workplace, the entrance of the mall or any other location they need to go to or have an appointment at.