Remember that book, or video or whatever it was? The Secret? I don't even really know what it was, honestly, because I try not to pay attention to things that promise to fix your life overnight. But if I understand the premise of The Secret, it HAS kind of been fixing my life, for ALL my life.
Not that I believe if I whisper out to the cosmos I want a million dollars, it will suddenly appear on my doorstep. Although that would be nice.
But I do believe in the power of positive thought. Prayer. Whatever you want to call it.
I am not religious by any means, but I do think I am spiritual. Or maybe I just find it comforting to think there are SOME bigger things at work around here.
But I also believe in work, in luck, in laughing, in hoping, in dreaming.
And thinking. And wanting. And working.
Bryan and I feel incredibly lucky for our semi-charmed lives. It's not perfect - but how can we complain??? Good jobs, great kid - plus all of us in decent health, despite my continual whining to the contrary.
And every time we have sat down to plan our lives, every time we talk about what we want... here's THE SECRET... IT HAPPENS.
Again, a total combination of thinking and wanting and working, but goddammit - IT HAPPENS.
Things have been changing this summer around our house. A ton. Bryan has a new, big job that is awesome but also, well, big... we are struggling through not working together anymore, Declan is doing that whole "growing up" thing... and as I started talking about the next 5 years Bryan put a finger to my lips.
"If you say it, it will happen. Be careful what you wish for."
OK.
So... I'm thinking.
Not that I believe if I whisper out to the cosmos I want a million dollars, it will suddenly appear on my doorstep. Although that would be nice.
But I do believe in the power of positive thought. Prayer. Whatever you want to call it.
I am not religious by any means, but I do think I am spiritual. Or maybe I just find it comforting to think there are SOME bigger things at work around here.
But I also believe in work, in luck, in laughing, in hoping, in dreaming.
And thinking. And wanting. And working.
Bryan and I feel incredibly lucky for our semi-charmed lives. It's not perfect - but how can we complain??? Good jobs, great kid - plus all of us in decent health, despite my continual whining to the contrary.
And every time we have sat down to plan our lives, every time we talk about what we want... here's THE SECRET... IT HAPPENS.
Again, a total combination of thinking and wanting and working, but goddammit - IT HAPPENS.
Things have been changing this summer around our house. A ton. Bryan has a new, big job that is awesome but also, well, big... we are struggling through not working together anymore, Declan is doing that whole "growing up" thing... and as I started talking about the next 5 years Bryan put a finger to my lips.
"If you say it, it will happen. Be careful what you wish for."
OK.
So... I'm thinking.
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I once asked for my life to be more interesting - more like a soap opera (I was single at the time).
I got what I asked for.
I learned to be very careful for what I asked for from there on out.
Lovely post, Aimee. Keep thinking!
Other people don't always believe me when I tell them about the things I've "asked" for and how they have come about. But they don't need to believe. I believe and that's the key. Thanks for just saying it so simply.
Love this post! :) I love positive thinking. - m
love this. So true.
maile :)
You dare say you get what you ask for?
And then SAY. GOD-DAM-IT"
How sad 4 your babies.
Its no secret ..such simple. OPRAH SIMPELTONS.THINK INTENTION AND MINDFULLNWSS IS GOOD. TGAT IS WILLFULLNEDS AGAINST GOD
teaching children this makes me cry.
NEWS.
GOD IS
PERIOD.
YOU DEAR HAVE ZERO CONTROL.
THAT IS A FALSE. EMPTy CARLESS STANCE
.PEOPLE ARE EVIL MANY DOCTORS CARLESS SELFISH and. Are just practicing a sales pitch...a faccade...not actual PhD. Actions..its a game Tag your it....
IT hurts me when mothers think Jesus is not who is on charge To say you get what you ask for....maybe SO.
BUT FROM WHO...REALLY.
WHO WOULD HAVE YOU THINK SUCH FALSE CLAIMS....HOW MUCH DID U RECIEVE W/O A REQUEST?
HIND-SIGHT IS ALLWAYS 20/20
SO PREHAPS YOU WILL REGRET THAT
CALLOUS STATEMENT...please BEFORE YOU
REALIZE YOUR VERY OWN HELL.due to a lack
Thank
Fullness.You need to cast that self serving
Pure Pride......BEFORE ..
it shall be your offspring not
Your suffering.
THEY HAVE NO GUIDE OR ROLE MODEL HOW I CRY.HOW I PRAY FOR THIS IS SAD.
This is one of the reasons I love this blog. Positive people do positive things. Think positive and the results are positive.
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