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NEVER GIVE UP ON LOVE
Submitted by: Tammy H
Fullerton, California, USAWhen I was introduced to The Secret in 2006, I was in a bad marriage and had all but given up on the idea of true love. I firmly believed that all those people I saw who claimed to be in love were just acting in public, and that the reality of their lives was probably somewhat similar to mine.
I didn’t always feel that way. I grew up in a very loving home. My parents, after forty-one years of marriage, still cuddle and kiss regardless of who is watching. My grandparents on both sides were the most devoted couples I have ever seen. But I convinced myself that relationships like theirs no longer existed. Believing that was easier than admitting the truth about my own marriage.
After watching The Secret, I ran out and purchased the book. I was determined to do my best to change my way of thinking. I started small and reminded myself every day to see the positive side of everything. I began to write again, something I had ceased doing as my marriage went downhill. I wrote a romance story, a first for me. I wanted to see if I could write about something that I really wanted – true love – and convince myself in the process that it existed out there.
Then, as I separated from my husband and went back to school to fulfill my lifelong dream of getting a teacher’s degree, my life became very busy in a most enjoyable way, and I all but forgot about the book.
About a year after that, I met a wonderful man and knew that I was falling in love. He was living in the United States and I in Canada, but as time went on, we determined to be together.
After we’d been together for a few months, I told him about the book I had started writing. I hadn’t looked at it for a while and had almost forgotten the major elements of the storyline, including the names of the characters. With his encouragement, however, I dragged it out and began to read it again. My heart stopped as I realized the love interest I had given the main character (who was actually my alter ego) was the same as that of my new lover! Tears filled my eyes as I realized I had literally written him into my life.
But the story doesn’t end quite there. Before I left my marriage, I had also created a vision board of places and experiences I wanted to bring into my life. The only material object on the board was the picture of a sapphire and diamond ring I had seen in a magazine. When my lover proposed to me, it was on the exact spot where my grandparents had been married sixty-six years before, and the ring he slipped on my finger was exactly the same as the one on my vision board.
Now I am living in California, soon to be married to the most wonderful man I have ever met. The Secret continues to be a guiding force for me, and I realize that all life has to offer is within my grasp as long as I believe it is.