The Law of Attraction

Lotus Flower - Grown in dirt
Rises above the murk to achieve enlightenment 

The Law of Attraction - what you focus on - you get more of...,like attracts like, what you resist - will persist, etc...

Like many laws, the Law of Attraction seems very simple.

We, like everything else on our planet, are pure energy - and like a magnet we attract into our lives what we set our sites on. The rich focus on how much money and things they have...so they get MORE. The poor, or less fortunate, struggle with bills, think about how much money they DON'T have...and thus get more!

Although this law is simple in concept, like many other ideas we encounter - it MAY SEEM SIMPLE but in reality it is not easy to reshape the way we think. We are programmed very early in life, and so if our parents struggled - we tend to do the same. That is not always the case, but it seems to happen more often than not. 

We parents have to break this cycle and re-think the way we interact we our children. We need to teach them things our parents may not have taught us. When I was a kid, we had a large family and a small house. I shared my room with three of my sisters, the boys shared one room, my mom and stepfather had the baby with them. At the time, I didn't think we were broke, but my family struggled to keep food on the table. We ate more casseroles, and pot pies...'filler food' as I call it now...but I was happy (most of the time!). However, my mother never owned her own home - and we tended to move a lot. I wanted to buy one house and stay there forever!

How do we change the way we think to get the things we want? How can we attract the good jobs? Good income? Healthy relationships?

 

Sample Vision Board

Proverbs 17:22

A cheerful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones. 





The book, The Secret, was the beginning of change for many people. But, in my opinion, it really didn't teach me HOW to get these things. They seemed to just say FOCUS on what you want and magically it would APPEAR. To help you focus on the goal, we were taught to make vision boards (posters with pictures, and/or words filled with our deepest desires) and look at it each night and day. 

Conceptually, creating a personal vision board is a good place to start. I say this because many people are not PERFECTLY clear about what they want - not refined in identifying WHAT they want to manifest in their lives. Most know that they are not happy where they are but haven't quite figured out what they really want. I liken that to getting into your car and wanting to get to a destination and NOT having any idea where it is or any road map to get there. {no wonder we NEVER arrive there!}

The Law of Attraction requires we really FEEL in our souls our desires AS IF WE HAVE THEM NOW. We have to show gratitude and feel it deeply. We need to see/feel ourselves where we want to be - IN FULL LIVING COLOR! If you want a home, go look at them and find the one you want and really envision you and your family there. See yourself walking up to the home, opening the door, with your own key, see the decorations - room by room, etc...Get into as much detail as you can with your desires...see yourself in that car, know the color, how it smells, how it feels to drive it - so go test drive one - get to know deep into your soul these desires - this will help you attract the things you want. If you desire a healthy relationship - first be the PERSON you know your future mate would want (honest, loving, trusting, respectful, etc)...

We need to know we deserve what we want. We are beautiful, we are WORTHY, and trust me the "world" wants to give you what you desire. 

We are pure energy, as is everything around you. The Law of Attraction - is a real law, just as the law of gravity. There is no real magic here - other than to change the way we think!

One more thing to consider is timing. We don't always get what we want WHEN we want it, but if we keep our eye on the ball - we will indeed succeed.

NOTE: On a personal note, I have been working to find the ideal job for me. I've done the corporate job - for 22 years, don't want to go there again! I've been working several part time jobs - which gives me freedom - but not the income or benefits I desire. I have looked for jobs and feel in my stomach - "I couldn't do that, or Wouldn't want to do that"...I know those are not where I should be. The other day I was speaking to my closest friend about this, and she reminded me that I would get what I wanted when I needed it ("as you always do"). And I reminded her about the law of attraction in regards to her finances...as I hung up I wondered WHY I wasn't attracting the ideal job - I had to remind myself of the law of attraction - I wasn't clear about what I wanted...no wondered it hadn't come to me yet!

I have always wanted to be a teacher. I want to work with at-risk kids/teens. I see myself on a working ranch with many animals so I can work with the kids teaching them to care for those who can not care for themselves. I plan to use art as a form of therapy. I have been attracting into my life several people who want to help in this endeavor. This summer I plan to take a three week program to allow me to teach...things are moving in the right direction, I am VERY BLESSED ... I just need patients and faith...and not forget about TIMING! (the law of attraction is working just fine!)

God Bless you and your family...