This past weekend my family and I took a vacation to Arkansas and stayed in our family cabin on Beaver Lake. When I woke up the morning we were supposed to leave for the trip I had told my self to remember to bring this book that I had been reading. It’s always nice to read while we are there, very relaxing. About halfway through the trip I realized that I had forgotten the book. We had made a stop and my wife told I should just find a book at the store to hold me over for the weekend. At first I was for the idea, then decided against it.

I first heard about The Secret in 2010 just after my wife and I had just gotten married. I was browsing Netflix and stumbled upon it and decided to watch it, the title stood out to me. I watched the entire show and was really impressed with the ideas that were shared and the success that was talked about that people were experiencing just by making themselves aware of their thoughts and changing their thought processes. I applied the concept for roughly two weeks before just falling back into my regular routine, but it was always something that had been in the back of my mind.

Now, back to my weekend trip. We get to the cabin and I am really bummed that I don’t have a book to read. My two year old just so happened to be playing near a window next to an end table by the couch and I got up for some reason, can’t really remember. I glance over at the end table and notice a book sitting on top, and to my surprise it was The Secret. I somewhat got the chills thinking about how I was really wanting a book to read, and even now as I write this I am getting the chills, and then here it is sitting on this table. The book itself had been sitting on that end table for 2-3 years. I had noticed the book before on previous trips, but didn’t bother to pick it up and see what it was all about. I was in need of a book to read and I got exactly what I wanted. This definitely reaffirmed the feeling that I had when I first watched The Secret that day back in 2010. I simply could not write this off as pure coincidence. In my rush to get back this past Sunday I left the book sitting on the table, but I will be downloading it this week on our Kindle to finish out the read.

Just wanted to share my story with you, and for those of you who might be skeptical. Most will write this off as a chance encounter, and some might get the same feeling of confirmation that I did. I am really focusing on the things that I want for me and my family, and the direction that I want to take us. I am looking forward to the future. I wanted to share this with you all to hopefully inspire a few of you, but also to hold myself accountable. I believe that by sharing my story it will help maintain my focus and the goals the I want to achieve in my life. Best of luck to you all.