I first discovered The Secret one afternoon watching the Oprah Show. It was pure coincidence that I was even home that day to see it (or was it!?). My husband and I had been having some troubles just before that show aired, and it was just the thing we needed to get back on track! I watched the show mesmerized by the stories and what The Secret can do. I rushed right out and bought the book and the movie.

I read it over and over, my husband and I watched the movie at least once a week, and I actually felt something in me changing. Not that I was ever a real unpleasant person, but it just did something to me inside.

I started thinking back to my childhood and things that happened that I knew The Secret had played a role with. I remembered sitting in my new school in 6th grade and seeing two girls sitting in front of me with this long pretty hair down their backs… and secretly I wished they would cut it all off so I would have the longest hair in the class (not a very nice thing to wish for, I know, but I did!). And would you believe it, the very next week both the girls came in showing off their new short haircuts! I will never forget that!

Then I look to my high school years when I was diagnosed with cancer.I now wonder what was wrong in my life that may have led that cancer to grow, what was so off balance – but I still don’t know. My parents were scared for my future, my friends didn’t know how to react to me anymore, but I was fine with it. I knew deep down that everything would be OK, this would not beat me. I was always just glad that it was me who had it instead of another child who may not be as strong. I went through chemo for one year till it was all cleared up, and now 14 years later I am fine and can appreciate life a little bit more now I think.

Then, to more recent years and car accidents, where two negatives were attracted to one another. I totally see it now.

Last year my sister and I went to a big casino night party at an Elks Lodge where they had casino games, silent raffles, and a big grand prize – a 32″ flat screen TV. I told my sister walking in the door, “I am going to win that TV, it will fit perfectly in the car!” The time came for them to pick the winner for the TV – each person at the event only got one entry. They were all placed in a tumbler and they announced some guy Mike was going to pick the winner. Mike got up to the tumbler and from the back of the room I yelled out “Pick me, Mike!” He gave the tumbler a few spins, reached in, and grabbed a ticket – in my mind I was saying my name over and over again (mispronouncing it to myself because no one ever says my last name right). Then Mike stumbles over the name, “Sarah….Z…” And he said my name! I just knew I was going to win, and I did!

I try to look at everything in a different way now, and try to think of everything differently so it’s all positive thoughts to get a positive reaction and hopefully it all works out in the end. I know not everything is going to go my way exactly the way I want it to, but even when it doesn’t I don’t let myself get upset about it anymore – I just stay positive that next time it will be better, and it usually is.

I just want to thank everyone who helped bring The Secret to me. I know I’d been using it my whole life, but it’s just so much more clear to me now. And every chance I get I spread the word of it, to family, friends, and even strangers. If everyone could change just one negative thought, the world could be a very different place! Good luck to all – and keep those positive thoughts flowing!