For those of you that have struggled with believing and letting go this story is for you.

I was in a relationship with my boyfriend for 12 years (we were high school sweethearts) before he broke up with me for someone else. I’ll spare you the details of the pain I was in for months. Just know that if you’ve ever loved and cared for someone that long you’ll know the depth of my pain. I was a zombie for months, forcing myself to go to work, exercise, eat, and sleep. My family was so supportive but they didn’t know how to help me break the cycle of sadness I was living in. I turned to self-help books and online chat sessions only to find solace that there were others in the same boat I was in.

Then it happened. I was searching online, as usual, for stories of people looking to get their boyfriend back and one of the stories from The Secret popped up. I clicked the link and read it. I toured the website and saw that The Secret was a movie and that there were other books to the set. I watched the movie every day, read and practiced The Magic and made my vision board. Things began to get better.

I left my old job and found a new one that paid me more, I traveled and dated a few guys just for fun, and I gave myself a new look, a haircut and new clothes. Still, the one thing I wanted was to be with my boyfriend. I knew he was with someone else, but that didn’t stop me from wanting to be the love of his life and the most important woman to him. I wrote in my gratitude book every morning and carried my gratitude rock with me everywhere. When doubt began to creep in I’d play the movie The Secret and wrote about what I wanted in my book.

We got back together a year later and stayed together for 6 months. I loved that we were back together, but there were feelings haunting me that he still had feelings for that other person and would leave me for her.

Sure enough, he did and he broke up with me again. I knew that I had attracted that break up because of my thoughts and how it made me feel to think of it. So, I got right back into focus mode and got serious about what I wanted. At times I got really frustrated because I wasn’t seeing results of what I’d asked for. This is just what The Secret teaches you NOT to do. I knew that doubt and frustration were negative feelings and I really wanted to be with my boyfriend.

So I’d have to release the doubts and after following the practices of The Secret and The Magic I did something different from the previous break up.

I let it all go.

I decided that I did just what I was supposed to do and needed to leave the rest to the universe. Well, 5 months passed and I hadn’t heard anything from him. I missed him, but kept on staying positive. I knew how happy I’d be once we were back together. I knew in my heart he loved only me and that I am the most important woman in his life.

It’s funny how letting go allows you to welcome in just what you asked for from the universe. I was checking my e-mails at work and a message popped up from my boyfriend. He wanted to see me and missed me so much.

We met up 2 weeks later and it was everything I had asked for. He told me that he wants me to be THE ONE for him. We’re working on building trust between us and I continue to write in my gratitude book daily about the wonderful things and people in my life. I know I’ll write about his proposal and our wedding day because I’ve put that out there to the universe and I already feel how amazing it feels to be married to him.

The key to this is knowing what to ask for, believing in it, blocking out the doubt, and letting it go.

When you truly let go of what you’ve asked for you feel stress-free and go about your days knowing that what you want is on the way.

Trust me when I say you need to stay positive and let things go. I look back at how far I’ve come and I must say thank you, thank you, thank you to The Secret family. To all the writers that have contributed stories, you’ll never truly know just how much your stories have meant to me. You all saved my life. I am eternally grateful to each and every one of you.

Thank you, thank you, thank you to you all.