Long before I read, listened to and watched The Secret, it was slowly and sublimely becoming part of my life. I always thought I was a positive person who loved others and smiled often, but I still always had bad things happen to me. My wife affectionately called me “bad luck Brian” because of all the weird strokes of bad luck. My wife had been telling me from the first day I met her about how the “Universe is listening” and I generally regarded it as malarkey. However, after a few years, I started to get it. I started watching my thoughts and words, and good things started to occur.

Recently, we just got married, and of course we had to choose a honeymoon. I’m not well off, yet, and this decision of when and where of the honeymoon became a point of contention. Additionally, I was recovering from a major knee injury and was worried that my dream wouldn’t become a reality. I started to visualize us going to Vail, CO so I could share my love of the outdoors and snow sports with my lovely wife. I stopped focusing on the injury and started focusing on the fun of flying down the snow covered hills with the wind in my face. Sure enough, the Universe provided. Her father gave us a blank check for the adventure and booked the tickets for us. It was everything I wanted, and it was a glorious week. I had no problems with my knee and was able to perform athletically like I used to. On the plane ride there, I thanked the Universe a few hundred times and felt at ease.

Flash forward to a few weeks ago. My wife gave me a copy of The Secret on Audiobook, gave me a brief summary of what it was, and told me to please listen to it. Within 5 minutes I was hooked. I started devouring it at every opportunity. Ever since then, things have been happening. My job has gotten far easier, my clients started to come in and ask for sales of services that I would normally have to try and sell. Also, a former coworker who now works for one of the best companies in the world, is trying to help me get a career there. I’ve started receiving more compliments and parking spaces have suddenly appeared. Last night, we decided at the last second to take my wife’s Grandmother to dinner at a crowded restaurant, and we were seated immediately. I just yesterday, received an unexpected check in the mail from my health insurance company for a service I had already paid for months ago. Additionally, despite having a “congenital birth defect” in my knee cartilage, suddenly and inexplicably, my knee has almost healed completely! I even canceled the surgery that I was supposed to have and started working out again! Which, who even knows, how much money that saved me on surgery, follow ups and rehab. That’s as good as a check in the mail any day!

I am starting a vision board today with my wife and I practice gratitude all the time. I can’t wait to see what changes will come. This really works, swiftly and profoundly.

Thank you, thank you, thank you!