If you have been unsuccessful in your past 'quest for success' it is probably because you have been going about it in the wrong way. It's never too late so don't give up but read on and learn how 'The Secret' can help you attract prosperity, success and abundance into your life.
Maybe you, like thousands of others, have tried positive thinking and affirmations in an attempt to attract prosperity, success and abundance but with negative success so you have given up after a few weeks, or even months. Perhaps you mistakenly thought that all you had to do was to think these thoughts and sit back and wait for prosperity, success and abundance to happen. When this didn't materialize you naturally felt disillusioned and fell back into "I'm stuck in this job", " I'm never going to find another job", "I'm never going to get out of debt", "I'm never going to find the man/woman of my dreams". There are so many negative things going on in people's lives that it is impossible to individualize all of them.
But stop and consider this a moment. If, just by thinking these thoughts, you could attract all the prosperity, success and abundance you want, then you and most everyone else would be rich, famous, in a loving relationship, etc. But if this were the case, then incredible as it sounds, the world would most probably be in a state of decline.
Why? Because there would be no incentive for people to try and better themselves, or create new and improved ways of doing things as it would all come too easily. How many people do you know who have led a busy and interesting life who on retirement declined rapidly either mentally or physically because they no longer had the mental stimulus of their past daily routine. How often you read of children of rich parents having such a struggle to cope with life because they have had too many material things handed to them on a plate. It's all come too easily without them having to lift a finger for themselves.
What has this to do with attracting prosperity, success and abundance into your life? Everything! There is an old saying that "you don't get something for nothing". You must be prepared to GIVE before you RECEIVE. Give something to the world even if it is only in your miniscule corner of it.
Learn how to give and then you will attract and receive prosperity, success and abundance in return.
Give what? While it is very important to have the right mental attitude you must also combine this with the right kind of actions. You may be relieved to hear you don't necessarily have to give material things. What you can do is to be a genuinely honest, caring person, be the best you can be at work, in your home, with people you meet.
You may feel that you can't do any more than you are already doing, but by going that extra mile you can make a big difference both in your own life and to the life of others you come in contact with. Make someone else happy and you are giving something to the world. It may not take more than a genuine smile from you to make someone's day. It didn't cost you anything but it may be just the thing that person needed at that particular time and it will put you firmly on the road to attract success, prosperity and abundance.
Only today I read in my local paper two letters sent in by readers, with a photo of a road works traffic controller waving at motorists and wearing a huge grin. Despite freezing conditions over the past fortnight he used this very effective charm to turn what could easily have become road rage into something some motorists actually looked forward to seeing on their way to work. When the road works are finished no doubt there will be sighs of relief but the man and his cheerful manner will be sorely missed.
Showing compassion to others is another way of 'giving'. What a moving story came out of the devastation of the 2009 Australian wildfires - pictures of a volunteer fireman showing compassion to an injured koala, shown drinking so gratefully from the fireman's water bottle, have been seen around the world and gave us all not only a lump in our throats but also renewed our belief that compassion and kindness is still to be found, often in the most dire circumstances. We would do well to remember that for every evil deed committed there are countless good ones, very few of which get a mention.
Can you see that making small changes and efforts will make a difference in your life and the life of others? For a start you will feel better about yourself as you affirm, with sincerity, to yourself the following few words. "If I give to the world the best that I can then the best will come back to me".
Elizabeth Thomas enjoys helping people achieve their full potential and is the author of Don't let stress or any other problem get you down
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