Felt really intrigued by The Secret after reading Xiaxue's post on it. I saw the book at the airport some years ago. The cover looked promising but I wasn't really sold on the premise then. I'm not a self-help/non-fiction kind of person unless the book covers some bimbo topic like "how to make people like you" or those men vs women stuff.
I skimmed through the post so my takeaway probably is filled with misconceptions but anyway! What I gather is it's something to do with positive thinking i.e. if you think positive thoughts, positive energy will be attracted to you and likewise if you think negative thoughts. In that case, a person is able to 'control' the things that happen to him and even make his wishes come true.
Sounds damn amazing right?
I think it works somewhat like a self-fulfilling prophecy. The more you believe something will happen, it will! When you obsess over something or think along the lines of "That'll happen to me! I'll end up like that! I don't want to! But I will!", you somehow push yourself into it subconsciously. It's true!
I've always felt that I tend to grow into my lies or start to believe that they are the truth. Not that I lie a great deal but sometimes when I have to make up a story and tell it to so many people, I end up confused. I'll start to think that it really happened! Even my mind would fill in the details for me and make the lie so vivid as if it were truly a memory!
I don't know why I brought that up. I guess my point is, and as mentioned in The Secret, you have to believe that positive things will happen to you! Stop emoing and wishing for things NOT to happen to you. Instead of saying "I wish I would stop getting fat", try "I'm grateful for the way I look. I look so much better than in the past. I want it to get better and better."
No harm trying right? Besides, it's always good to have positive emotions rather than negative ones.
Perhaps I could try using this power of positive thought in the mornings which is when I get the bulk of my negative emotions.
Seriously, I could rant a full post on the moronic commuters that won't go away :(
But ranting and thinking about that would simply attract more moronic commuters to me if The Secret is anything to go by.
Instead, I will be grateful that every morning,
- I can still get into the trains.
- The trains are not faulty.
- I have not fought with anyone yet over our conflicting attitudes.
- I make it to work safely without issue.
YUP.
I guess if you abide by the 'rules' of The Secret, you might not get all the things you desire but you will be a happier person :)
With all the positive emotions and learning to show gratitude and feeling blessed for the smallest good things that happen, a person would definitely feel that life seems better now that you're looking at it from a different angle. Right?
Personally, I've been trying to be less of an ungrateful bitch. I know that no one owes me anything but there's that part of me who feels highly offended when someone is mean to me or does not treat me the way I think I deserve to be!
I do tell myself that things happen for a reason. When I pray hard for something and I don't get it, it's because it wasn't meant to be mine! I shouldn't be angry or devastated because somewhere out there, God is preparing something better for me :)
When good things happen when I least expect them e.g. meeting the people I target to know, good grades when I didn't study, getting a job offer when I'm feeling lost, friends whom I click with instantly, being told I'm pretty and etc, I'm grateful! Even if they're really little, they still mean a lot to me! It's these things that make my day because I didn't pray for them to happen but they did so it's like a surprise :)
Starting from today, I'll be more positive. It's hard to control my rage especially when my temper is so bad but I'll try. I'll refrain from scolding anyone who offends me. I'll refrain from thinking negative thoughts about them.
I'll be thankful that I'm NOT like them.
I can imagine us at BigBang's concert now! We will get the tickets. I want those tickets! I should be grateful they're even coming to SG or having a concert. I only fell in love with them sometime this year and it just so happened that they released the Alive album and planned a world tour with SG being one of the stops! What luck! So yes, I am thankful that there is even this opportunity for me now :)
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