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A Story On Not Giving Up!
Submitted by: Shanelle
IndiaI am 18 years old and I live with my family in Mumbai, India. I am an artist and am about to pursue a degree in design in my dream college. I enjoy reading and love being inspired by stories of other people. I have great love for music and art.
Yes!!!! The Secret has made my biggest dream come true!!! Thank you Rhonda for changing my life forever.
A year ago I discovered The Secret and I will never forget the impact it had on me. I was so excited to know that something like this exists and decided to give it a try. I wished for 3 things on the top of my head and within 2 weeks I got all 3 of them! The first one being 2 free tickets to my first and best concert! After that I used The Secret in everything I did.
My main motive of learning about The Secret was to use it to get into a design college of my choice. I applied to 3 colleges, two that were the best and one as a back up college. I worked very hard that year and took a lot of stress about not getting through. Even the thought of not clearing would instantly bring tears to my eyes. To my dismay I didn’t get through either of the two and so I decided to settle for the latter. I went through with my exams and interviews and was waiting for the result, knowing that I was getting in for sure. But, I didn’t. I was not even on the waitlist! My entire world came crumbling. I had spent 2 years working dedicatedly towards my goal and I now had no college to go to. Worse still, I disappointed my parents who offered me very little support at that time. This incident took a big toll on me. I ended up taking a gap year and decided I would apply again and only go to a college of my choice.
My gap year taught me some great life lessons and made me realize that I was still not ready to start college that year and live on my own. I worked differently the next year. I realized that working too much on my exams only put me under more stress and so I waited till I was close to my exams to start preparing. I was still quite nervous the second time too but I knew it would only ruin my efforts again.
I turned to The Secret and started believing that I deserved to get into that college and it was almost a cake walk! I spoke to students from the college to get a feel of what I was going to experience. I started thanking the Universe for giving it to me. I told everyone that I was going to leave the city in a few months. Every time I felt nervous I would read some stories on this site and cheer myself up. Before starting my studies every day, I would just sit for a while and meditate and just keep thanking the Universe for giving me what I deserve.
After a few days of doing this I felt very confident and just knew that I was going to have my dream fulfilled this time. I didn’t let any nervous thoughts distract me. I started thinking that the exams were just a formality and I already started deciding what had to be done before I left home.
My results came out today and to my dismay… nope, just kidding! I got through and in 3 months from now I’m off to kickstart my course in my dream college!