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Renewing My Faith In The Secret.
Submitted by: Lori S.
FloridaI’m an author of fiction who loves nature, travel and reading.
I was raised in a dour area in the Midwestern US where everybody was negative and depressed. I was ready for a change, determined to turn my life around but I didn’t know how. Then The Secret was published. I consumed all of the books, practiced the steps, and my life completely changed.
I’d been struggling as a writer for 7 years, making no money. With The Secret in mind, I was completely able to change my career. I was selling so many books that we were able to have the dream life I’d always wanted; travels to Hawaii and Ireland, a Lexus for my husband, and a down payment on a house a block from the beach in a new state. My dreams were coming true.
Then, my thoughts changed and I fell back into old patterns. I stopped practicing The Secret steps. I let my negative family and friends pull me under. My book sales plummeted, and with them, my salary.
After a couple of years of anxiety and depression, I knew I needed to get back on track. I started reading Rhonda’s books again, watched The Secret movie, and started changing my thoughts.
My husband and I came up with something we each wanted the Universe to give us as a gift. We started out small. I wanted to find a spotted feather. The ones I’d seen in the Midwest came from woodpeckers, which we didn’t have living near the beach. So I wasn’t sure how the Universe would get me a spotted feather, but I didn’t dwell on it. Instead, I let it go, secure in the knowledge it would come to me in some way.
Fast forward two weeks later, we were strolling our downtown area. I headed onto a narrow side street to wait for my husband. While I was standing there, I watched the breeze sweeping petals from a tree down the road. What did I spot there amongst the petals? A bright purple and black feather with purple dots. I couldn’t help but laugh as I scooped it up. It wasn’t what I’d been expecting but it was so much better and more unique!
That’s not all! My husband had wanted a specific shell, a large whelk. After a storm, we decided to go to the beach, as often, there are a lot of shells. I was sure we’d find his shell. But nope. There weren’t any. A week later, we went to the beach again, not really expecting anything. The moment we stepped foot on the sand, we spotted something near the surf that had just washed ashore. My husband went down to the water, and sure enough, it was the largest whelk we’d ever found! It was in perfect shape and surprisingly empty of an animal. It was the only whelk we found on the beach that day.
Our gifts didn’t come to us in the way we’d expected. I was sure I’d find my feather in some woods on a nature walk, and my husband would find his shell after a storm like we normally did. But the way these gifts did arrive made it so much more unique, unique in a way that we couldn’t dismiss. Most importantly, I’m back on track now, practicing the steps of The Secret, happier, motivated, and once again, enjoying life, as we all should!