The Law of Attraction

Between a motivational speaker at a conference on Tuesday, and watching "The Secret" Thursday night, I'm ready to go out & accomplish anything! Well, not really, but I did take home some good pointers. One of the most interesting things I got out of the movie was that like attracts like...for example, when I am negative & dwell on my bad finances, I am going to attract more negativity and debt. I have certainly seen that in my life. According to the principles outlined in the video, I should not say "I want to get out of debt", because just mentioning the word "debt" could attract it. I should say something along the lines of "I want to be financially stable or well-off". Now I don't know about that so much, but taking a more positive approach does make a lot of sense. I have to be proactive instead of reactive, quit sticking my head in the sand, as people say I tend to do.

It is really, really hard to not be negative. I swear I was up half the night after watching the movie trying not to have any negative thoughts or dreams......very hard for someone with OCD tendencies...yikes! But the last few days I have definitely been more aware of my thoughts and have made a conscious effort--with lots of help from Ashley; it's funny but she's really into this!--to stay positive. For example, I realized what I wrote on my Facebook status last night was very negative (something about not being able to work again today so there go Ashley's Christmas presents). She pointed out to me that it was very negative, and made it sound like we were poor & couldn't have a Christmas at all. Yikes! That is one of my biggest pet peeves when people can't "celebrate" Christmas because they can't afford to buy the presents they want. Oh my goodness....I updated my status ASAP to reflect all the positive that would come out of not having to go to work today. Ok, well I'm off to prepare a budget for next month, get the bills ready to send out, and clean the kitchen so Ashley & I can make some cookies! I'll keep you updated on how this positiveness works out!