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A change in attitude with deep gratitude

Submitted by: Anonymous

Johannesburg, South Africa

I live in Johannesburg, South Africa, and have been on a self-improvement quest and spiritual journey for some time now. I live, breathe, eat, sleep, think, and speak The Secret.

Dear Rhonda and The Secret team

This is to say a HEARTFELT THANK YOU to Rhonda Byrne for discovering the Secret, and mostly for having the vision to bring The Secret to the world to make a positive difference. It has certainly made a difference in my life, and most especially in my attitude.

I watched The Secret DVD about two years ago several times over a period of months, and obviously ‘didn’t get the whole message’. I reverted back to my old negative self, judging others and complaining all the time.

About a month ago I got The Secret CDs and started listening to them. I listen to them in the car every day, I have them on my iPod and listen to them at work, and I just listen and listen and listen. Every time I listen to a Secret CD I hear something new or understand something with more clarity, so listen to them over and over and over until you understand them perfectly.

I also downloaded the clips of “Planet Earth Forever”, “Visualise The Secret” and “The Secret to you” and I watch these every morning and give thanks with gratitude for everything I see.

I have also printed off the “Optimists creed”, the cheque from the universe; The Secret summaries etc, and have them laminated and stuck up on the walls all over my house, including my bathroom. I say positive affirmations about myself, others, the universe, etc, all day long.

I tell my friends and everyone I talk to about The Secret. When people start complaining I tell them to focus on what’s good, and remind them that what they complain about they will receive more of. I think that one of these days the cells in my body will start to look like The Secret wax seal!

Anyway, when I started listening to the CDs I decided that I was going to feel good, NO MATTER WHAT. If it meant taking antidepressants, I would do that. If it meant cutting people out of my life (in a nice way of course, by blessing them and moving on), I would do that. If it meant I had to listen to the CDs and watch the clips every day then I would do that – WHATEVER IT TOOK TO MAKE ME FEEL GOOD, I WOULD DO IT.

My personal requests to the universe of the catalogue are on their way, so I cannot comment on them at the moment. However, my biggest blessing is that I have stopped complaining, no longer listen to other people complain, no longer blame or criticize or judge. I find that blessing everyone and everything while driving puts me in a feel good mood, and I don’t get irritated in the traffic anymore.

Two weeks ago I had to visit an ophthalmologist and he stressed concern about something at the back of my eye. While he was talking, I was visualizing the back of my eye being perfectly healthy and saying “thank you for my healing” over and over again. On Thursday this week I have to have a special eye test done, and I know (like I know, like I know) that the specialists will find my eyes to be perfectly healthy.

This past weekend I decided to fix the stable door to my daughter’s Wendy house. I had no knowledge of how to do it, and I usually do not have the physical strength in my hands to accomplish such tasks, but I decided that I would figure out exactly how to do it and that I have the physical strength to accomplish anything I want to. I got to work with the drill and the screws, and after about 3 hours hard labour the door is now perfectly fixed, and a part from blisters, cuts, and bruises on my hands, there is nothing else wrong with them.

I also had an experience of zing and zang: My Dad was supposed to visit after spending two weeks with my sisters, who happen to be very negative. On the morning that he was due to arrive he called me and we had an argument, which he ended with the fact that he was canceling his visit to my family. At first I was shocked because in my opinion his other daughters have done worse things in life than refuse to reschedule their plans to accommodate him at the last minute (which is why we argued), but after a while I realized that it was a case of zing and zang. I had decided to attract only happy, healthy, and positive people into my life, and having spent two weeks with his other daughters who are not only negative but fight all the time, he was obviously not in a positive frame of mind. The universe took steps to ensure that he did not visit me.

Although I feel good most of the time, sometimes I really have to work at it, which is fine because I would rather work at feeling good than sit back and feel bad. I think the universe just gave me a helping hand. I am aware.

I was so proud of my daughter: My daughter also listens to the CDs in the car with me, and a couple of weeks ago a friend posed this question: “If two people, in the same marriage, use The Secret – one to obtain a divorce and the other to remain in the marriage, who will win?” Before I could respond my daughter piped up and answered with, “Whoever’s belief is strongest.” My daughter is 12 years old!

I am manifesting daily. I am receiving daily. I am perfecting my life daily, and I am so grateful to Rhonda Byrne and the other teachers of The Secret for their discoveries. I have read many self help books, listened to just as many self help CDs, videos, etc., but none of them are as comprehensive or easy to understand and apply as The Secret.

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