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The Car That No One Believed I Would Actually Get.
Submitted by: Jess Teich
New YorkI’m an 11th grade girl from New York. I began reading The Secret after my English teacher recommended it to me. I am really not a fan of reading, but I could not put this book down. I am so grateful for being introduced to the Law of Attraction and for everything it has helped me to achieve. Gratitude and visualization is my new lifestyle and I am a better person for it.
I’m an 11th grade girl from New York. I began reading The Secret after my English teacher recommended it to me. I am really not a fan of reading, but I could not put this book down.
A few months ago, when I was 16, my parents were getting divorced. This left me and my mom in a tough financial spot. I had never been the richest of the rich so this was not so hard for me to handle. My friends, on the other hand, are pretty well off and I had always been jealous that they were always getting whatever they wanted. As my 17th birthday had been slowly arriving, I was preparing for my road test so I could have my license and be able to drive to school on my birthday. We truly did not have the money at all to miraculously buy me the luxury car I wanted, plus insurance, plus the Louis Vuitton coin purse to attach to my keys that I had been dreaming of.
I began reading The Secret about 4 months before my 17th birthday and since then, getting this car completely took over my thoughts. I would constantly say to myself things like “Wow, I can’t wait to be able to drive my brand new, beautiful car that’s sitting in my driveway”. I would visualize driving myself to school, picking up my friends, running errands by myself, etc. My mind was made up. I was going to have this car before my 17th birthday. My mom, who had not read The Secret, would throw doubts at me and say things like “Jess, I don’t know why you think all of a sudden we can afford to get you a car. It’s not looking good. Don’t get your hopes up!” I disregarded her comments and put the negativity out of my head completely.
It was the first weekend in February, just about 3 weeks before my birthday, and my mom and I decided to just go into the dealership to “check it out”. I sat in a few different cars and picked out my favorite. Next thing you know, we were on our way home from the dealership and I had just leased my new car. It did not hit me that this was The Secret working its magic until a week before my birthday when I realized I could actually drive in a week and I would be driving my car. I woke up on Monday morning, the day of my birthday and went downstairs. Right there, sitting on my kitchen island, was a Louis Vuitton box, just about the size of the coin purse I wanted. I finished getting ready for school and finally got into my car by myself, with my coin purse attached to my keys. I could not wipe the smile off of my face my entire drive to school that morning. Although I really never doubted The Secret, I could not believe my dream actually came true. Gratitude and visualization is my new lifestyle and I am a better person for it.
Thank you, thank you, thank you!