Wow! Hi All!
Glad to see the board up and running again! Thanks Dr. G!
Re: The law of attraction
I don't see it as some magical mysterious magnetic management technique in my life but I do believe firmly in the power of the mind. The idea to me means positive mental effort helps propel us toward our goals (and bad nasty negative thinking can trip us up....block us from achieving goals).
The simple point that you get what you focus on in life rings true for me. If I focus on ugly junk, my life feels pretty ugly. If I look for the good stuff, my life seems better to me. That doesn't necessarily mean it is, I guess. It does however, help me tolerate it alot better than when I can't see anything attractive about it.
You get the types of experiences that you consistently think about, that you feel you're likely to get, that you expect and that you believe in. You attract to you that which you're emanating.
I guess I'm on the fence re the above. On the one hand, when I think positive, believe, hope and expect good outcomes, I certainly cannot miss them when they arrive. The trouble starts when I do all of that and it doesn't work out the way I'd thought/hoped/prayed it would.
There again, I can do one of two things. I can say: "What's the use?" or I can revise what I want, try a different approach or glean what golden threads of knowledge the experience taught me and move along to something else. It is all up to me. It's just another reaction, I think. A choice.
Sometimes, I choose to see it as that and other times, I feel weak and give that power to others/circumstances/luck. I do try not to put the responsibility on the Guy upstairs because I really think He has bigger fish to fry. I'm merely a grain of sand. Or salt. Or dust or something. Just snuff me outta your nose if I'm up there, by the way.
So if I think about something hard enough, positively enough, frequently enough, and with as many good vibes as my poor one functioning brain cell can buzz out....will I get what I want or what I am trying to attract? I might. I might not. The thing is I probably won't get it....highly unlikely......if I don't try. But it could happen. Stuff does.
It does seem like more flies come around when my toast has honey on it......more than when there's vinegar dripping off my tongue. Hmmmm? That's only useful if one likes flies, however.
Ahhhhh. It feels good to think out loud. Thanks for this thread.

Sela