Several years ago, I discovered the "power of the poof". Before the book The Secret came out, my friend had it figured out. If there was something that she or one of her friends really wanted to happen, she would say, "Let's put it out there." And - poof - it would happen. At least that's the way I remember it. Ok, maybe it didn't happen with everything, but enough for me to notice. Enough for me to ask, "Hey, when are you going to poof me?" Then I read The Secret - devoured it, is more like it. I love this premise. I love that these philosophies date back to the Bible.
If you haven't read it, the idea is that whatever you put out into the universe, you will get back. If you put out positive things, positive things will happen in your life. If you put out negative things, negative things will happen in your life. You're supposed to say everything in the present tense. "I own a house." vs. "I'm going to own a house." Because "going to" is always in the elusive future and will never come to be. I also found this very interesting: the universe doesn't hear "not" (cannot, am not or does not). Therefore, saying "I am not in debt." doesn't really work. All the universe hears is "I am in debt." It's much better to say, "I am rich." or "I am financially stable."
I know that to some, this sounds crazy. Just because you say something to the universe or pray to God doesn't mean you always get what you want. And that's true - not always. But I have seen it happen - in my own life - the positive way and the negative way. For example, once I found out that I had to re-take the driving test, I kept thinking, "Wouldn't that be crazy if I failed?" The answer to that question is no - it wouldn't be crazy. It was devastating!!!! And again, I'm sure naysayers are thinking, "Really? Just because you had that thought, that's why you think you failed?" Again, the answer is no. I'm sure that's not the entire reason. However, not once did I think, "No problem. I'm gonna pass with flying colors."
On the positive side, I have noticed a considerable difference in hiking Mt. Sanitas when I start to run out of energy and I say, "I got this! I'm good. I'm going to make it to the top." vs. when I say, "I can't. I'm so tired. Half way up is good for today." I even notice a difference when I'm vague. When I focus on the bad in my life, life seems difficult. When I focus on the good, I only feel blessed. When I walk around saying, "I've turned a corner, I'm doing really well!" I feel better than when I say, "I'm not great. Life sort of sucks right now."
Now don't get me wrong - I'm certainly guilty of the latter (especially these past few weeks). That's why this post came to me tonight. I really have been "just surviving". The first two weeks, I felt like every time I got up, something else knocked me down. This last week, I just felt sorry for myself. Well, tomorrow is my second driving test and I've spent the last few days telling everyone I see, "Pray for me on Thursday morning." Tonight, I found myself thinking, I need to be poofed! That's when I realized that I had been "poofed" - negatively - by ME! Ugh! I know better than that! So - whether you call it praying, or the secret, or putting it out in the universe, or poofing - please be doing it in a positive way. Don't sell yourself short and don't sabotage yourself with negative thoughts.
As for me, I'm off to bed to get a good night's sleep - because as of tomorrow morning, I'm a licensed driver again. (...and my handy man's fixing the cabinet...and my new fridge is awesome...and Mike has a great job...and my retreat is super fun...) And just in case you'd like to poof me in the morning - I thank you in advance!
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