This weekend when visiting family, my cousin Lauren brought to my attention that I was truly living The Secret. I, of course, did not know what she was talking about as I had never heard of the book called The Secret which apparently is a very inspiring book which describes in great detail how we create our lives, with every thought every minute of every day.
The premise of this book is one in which you harness your own power of positive thinking. In that sense, I would agree that yes, without a doubt I am living and embracing the secret.
However, I believe calling it a secret seems kind of silly. It's no secret to me. It's pretty obvious if I am in a positive space, people respond positively to me. It also stands to reason if I open my heart and mind to the endless possibilities out there and recognize there is a greater higher plan in place for me then that plan seems to fall into place all on its own.
I realize by not needing to know exactly what road is ahead of me subsequently, frees up my mind to enjoy the journey and not be bogged down with the day to day worries of each little detail of said journey. Again, positivity is gained through lack of worry.
So in essence, by letting go of preconceived notions of how or what I think my life SHOULD be and focus on what I WANT in my life seems to attract the positive actions into my life.
I will often say, "from my lips to God's ears" and what started off as a joke, is something I genuinely believe. I no longer believe in coincidences, as I know everything happens for a reason at a specific time at exactly the moment it is meant to happen.
When I am in the chapel during my lunch period at work and sit and do centering prayer I hear Him. I sit there with my mind as a blank canvas and focus solely on one word like, "blessed" or "grateful" or "strength" and work very hard to not let my mind wander to the daily worries or stresses. I use the one word to keep me focused on listening to what God has to say to me.
By the end of my time I feel centered, focused, relaxed, blessed, loved and unburdened and ready to face anything on my path. If that means that I am living the "secret" then I want to share that secret with you.
Go and find that place within you that makes you feel shiny, beautiful, special, loved, centered, enlightened, peaceful, relieved, happy, joyous and above all creative in the knowledge that you are YOU and that there is nobody on this earth exactly like you.
Celebrate all that you are and give thanks to the one who created you in His image. You can never ever be too humble or too gracious.
I am deeply blessed and I know my path is the most amazing road ahead of me to date...and I cannot wait for the journey each and every day!!!
