From all my heart I thank The Secret team for being so generous to the world. Here is my story:

I am keeping this crisp. I had always been a very hardworking student and shone in every exam during my school. I was pretty confident about my performance however I used to be very stressed as the exam date came closer. I often felt sick and recovered the very day my exam was over! I know this sounds funny but it happened so frequently that I felt I missed something if I weren’t sick writing my test! I tried many methods like meditation etc, which did help a bit.

Unfortunately the result was that I didn’t perform as per my real potential. I thought to myself, as long as I sincerely prepare for my tests I do not have to worry about anything. I remained very hardworking throughout high school, too. We all know how reputed the Doctor’s profession in the society is. I always felt I was meant to be a Doctor, it was not much of a dream, but more of a “must have” for survival!

My parents were skeptical about this decision as they had a very average educational and financial background! I found a real good coaching tutor, however the fees were too high. I knew I had to get there somehow. On hearing the fees, my parents flatly refused, and suggested I should look for something they could afford.

They were also apprehensive of my decision as the rest of my friends were planning to take classes somewhere nearby and the tutor I was looking for was about 30 km from my place. That meant I had to spend at least 3 hours in the train to attend a 2 hour lecture. I insisted, and my mother decided to sell all the few ornaments she had to pay for the tuition. When I met the tutor first time, he said do not worry about anything, you are surely becoming a doctor! I felt so good. I went ahead and gave my best to all the practice tests. I wrote down in my personal diary a list of things I would do after I get to become a doctor. I wrote my name with the prefix ‘Dr.” and imagined how my nameplate at the door would look, although it bears my father’s name, I imagined how happy and proud my parents would be. I wrote down the list of things I was very grateful for. I had not read The Secret yet, but I attended a few personal development workshops. I had this white lab coat which we used for our chemistry practicals in high school. When I was alone in the house I wore this coat and looked in the mirror and felt like I was a real doctor. Then I would imagine taking off my coat and put it on the back of my chair and attending to patients at my desk, like most doctors do on TV! I enjoyed every second of that experience, I did this frequently. As I wrote my test, I simply felt I am going to easily crack it !

Did I accomplish what I wrote down in that diary?

Well. This was 6 years ago, and today Dr. Snigdha is preparing for post graduation in Medicine in the United States! I am pretty sure of getting there.

Please allow me few months before I write down how I got through it!

California here I come!