I watched the first part of The Secret a long time ago and attempted to use the strategies to manifest a bouncy red ball in order to test it out. To cut that part of the story short, I had forgotten to use gratitude and feel good about myself, and I never did receive the ball (although at one point I saw two children throwing a small red ball to each other.) A few days ago I got hold of The Secret book and read through it in a few hours. I’m a skeptical and scientific thinker, so it was difficult for me to totally accept it at first, but I have been having a tough time lately so I thought any change is good change.

I recently got a new job in the city and my girlfriend has got a place to study there too, so we were looking for the ideal flat. Having had problems with flats in the past, we were very picky. The only flat that we were really interested in was her friend’s old place in a good part of the city, but she told us that the agents had informed her that someone was going to move in as soon as she left. Disappointed at first, I decided I was tired of suffering from life’s ills now and I began to visualise being in that flat with my beautiful girlfriend. I picked out the furniture, I imagined us opening the door for the first time and I even thought about what I would do in the area in my time off work. I sketched some pictures of the place on a piece of paper and annotated it with what I wanted it to look like when we moved in. I also wrote our names with the address over and over again and focused on the joy of being in such a wonderful flat.

Long story short, we went to the city to stay in the flat in question with her friend while she was packing up to move out. Somehow, something hadn’t worked out with the people who were meant to move in and the flat had suddenly become available again. We immediately got in contact with the agents and arranged a meeting, and in no time at all I put the deposit down and our dream flat was ours. I am so grateful for The Secret team and for The Universe! My life has become joyous again and I will be thankful and happy every day from now on.