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My college dream
Submitted by: Lora J.
Ontario, CanadaBorn in 1988. Two sisters one born in 1980 and one in1986. Parents divorced when I was 3. Lived with my father and second oldest sister for most of my life but saw my mother and stepfather every other weekend as we lived in the same town.
I moved away for college because I was extremely unhappy at home. I was in a loving home, however my parent and step parent’s alcohol and drug abuse were too much for me to endure emotionally any longer. I decided to attend one of the colleges I had applied for that was 2 hours away.
Shortly before moving my belongings away I came upon the book “The Secret”; belonging to my mother. She told me about her positive experiences she attributed to influences from “The Secret”. It was then I started reading “The Secret” and packed it with me on my journey to college. Oddly enough I did not use the knowledge for prosperity in college, not for grades or inspiration. I wrote down what I wanted in the near future. I wrote that I wanted to find a boyfriend I would move in with, that would love me and make me happy. I remember reading about a women who would only sleep on half of her bed so as to leave that half of the bed for her man, the man she believed would come to her. I too started to practice this.
I began school in January… by my second semester (May- of the same year) I had met my current boyfriend of 3 years. By the following September we were living together (and still are living together). Shortly after me and my current boyfriend had moved in together I spoke to an estranged friend… and her comment excitedly was “well, you got exactly what you wanted!”. She was right. I had got exactly what I had asked the universe for. I had specifically asked to find a man who loved me and who I would move in with (to avoid moving home).
My mother has won more then a few draws at work (most recently a trip to Banff) and she laughs and has also asked for the book “The Secret” back… which I plan on returning but she knows I’ve read it over and over again and she knows I believe so there is little urgency as she want the best for me and I will achieve that .. and if that means keeping the book a bit longer, thats fine.