I’d written an account about 3 months back, about how I’d managed to receive an offer from a prestigious university in London for an MSc program. Well, here is how the story panned out…

I, due to my fear and doubt, handed in mitigation for my final exams. I sat the exams anyway, and virtually 95% of the questions I thought would turn up on the papers, did. As you can imagine, I was kicking myself. When I wrote my previous story, I was most definitely on the verge of a nervous breakdown. The pressure was too much to take, and I received my mitigation, so I could reattempt my exams without my mark being capped.

Well, this summer has been eventful to say the least – family bereavement coupled with social issues left, right, and center, unemployment, and a general malaise about not being able to battle my personal demons has bought me again to the same place I was before, unprepared to say the least. But here are a few things that I have achieved…

I have managed to win my ‘battle against the bulge’. I’m sure many of you know to what I’m referring. In a society where appearance counts for everything, as a young woman in my early 20s, I felt the pressure to lose weight. But more importantly I wanted to respect my body, and feel good about myself. Well, I’ve successfully managed to lose a stone and a half, and it’s still coming off. 🙂 I guess I’ve healed my relationship with food – I no longer eat my feelings!

I received my second offer from the same uni, for another MSc program in the same department, without an interview. Such an occurrence is virtually unheard off.

I’ve become so much stronger and happier about myself. I’ve healed my personal relationships, familial ones as well as friendships, and also developed a bit of a mouth! Some may consider this a fault, however sometimes you need to speak up to make a change. And I have done exactly that.

And finally, I’ve had the first part of my story published on this site. I was smiling all day. 🙂

So I guess the point I’m trying to make is that even the most cynical of us all can make The Secret work for them. I have one day before my first exam, and I wanted to give up, because I hadn’t prepared enough. But this is the thing – there is something inside me that’s saying, “Keep going, one final push…”

I have achieved my 2:1, I have reached my goal weight, I am happy with my life, and more importantly when I look at the mirror I see someone who is finally content with herself. These are my desires of the Universe, and the great thing is, I know they have already been fulfilled.

Believe… the only person who shapes your universe, your life, your experiences, is you…