I have been hearing and reading a lot about the book, ‘The Secret’ in the last few months. I can not say I have read this book yet. I feel I do not see a need to read this book or watch the movie. There is no secret to ‘The Secret‘, as it has been around in some form or another for as long as we modern humans have been around.
I first saw this principle being used by my mother when she sold products for a home based business as she generated extra income for our household. I first read about this idea many years ago, in a book written by Norman Vincent Peale , “The Power Of Positive Thinking”. I have seen this idea in many different shades during the plethora of books being dumped on the market during the, ‘New Age‘.
I have listened to this principle being hinted at at every marketing scheme and get rich quick program my friend dragged me to. Unfortunately for my friend, he never listed to the part of the pitch where work and giving were mentioned.
That being said, you may be more satisfied with a business oriented book, Napoleon Hill’s book, “Think and Grow Rich“, was published in 1937. You can go into almost any bookstore and they will probably have at least a few copies on the shelf. I know Napoleon Hill had a strong understanding of The Secret. Napoleon Hill writes a number of times that he learned the secret from Andrew Carnegie as a young man, but had to figure it out for himself. He leaves those who read his book to figure out the secret for themselves, even though the knowledge needed is on almost every page.
Why are so many of us struggling to make sense of our lives? Why are we not all benefitting from this or other form of the Law Of Attraction? If we take the time and most importantly the honesty to be able to examine our own individual lives we would realize we are receiving exactly what we are attracting. We would also understand why we have what we have in our lives. For most of us, we are getting out of our lives exactly what we are putting in.
Life mimics life, and most of us want something good out of our lives. For the most part we need other people to give those things to us. That is the tricky part, is finding people who will give us what we want. If I do not give anything of myself, I can not expect anything of value to be given to me. If I have a need I want filled usually I have to do something. It is no hush hush secret about how to have the things in your life that are most important to you.
No comments yet.