The Secret: How to Transform Your Life

For those of you that are not familiar with the book The Secret, here’s what you have been missing:

The book was writing by Rhonda Byrne and was published in 2006. The concept is that ones thoughts, whether there be positive or negative, will attract or repel things in ones life such as wealth, health and happiness. This is known as the law of attraction.

Rhonda teaches you how to use it in every aspects of your life through her own personal experience. Rhonda discovered the concepts of The Secret after she hit rock bottom in her own life and claims the concepts to be life transforming and I agree.

I was first introduced to the book by my mother in 2007 but it was not love at first sight. Without even opening the book I quickly dismissed it. It wasn’t until half a year later I open the book after a few friends told me about it. I guess it goes to show you that mother knows best.

When I started reading the book during one snowed in weekend, I remember thinking that I have all these things I want to do but I have not made them happen yet. Such as wanting to finally buy my own place and get a new job. After reading The Secret I felt like I had the tools to achieve my goals and I did. By the end of 2008 I had accomplished both. I still apply the principles of the law of attraction to every goal I have.

Key concepts from Rhonda Byrne’s book:

- The principles have been around for centuries but been kept a secret by the people who have possessed them, mainly, powerful rulers of the time.

- The key concept is visualization: writing out your goals and visualizing them as if you already have achieved them.

I can see at first why the law of attraction and the power of positive thinking might be not seem believable at first because the concept is so simple. I remember thinking like that at first, wondering if it was really that simple. If you are feeling this way, I suggest you try it out before dismissing The Secret.

Things to wonder….

Think of someone in your life that always seems to be in a good mood and views things in his or her life as “the glass is half full”. What sort of life do they have? Are they constantly surrounded by positive and supportive people? Do good things continually happen to them? Do they bounce back quickly after a setback?

By shifting your thoughts you create the life you want (or do not want). You will feel that bad things will stop happening to you. It is not that they do, but instead since you have changed the way you think you will view them as opportunities rather than setbacks.

To find out more visit the official website. I highly recommend clicking on the Living The Secret and then Secret Story Sharing to read stories people have submitted about how the book has changed there life. I often refer to this section whenever I need my spirit uplifted.

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