May 7, 2008
"The Secret", Life choices, Living a full life, key to happiness, self-discovery
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Even though we live inside our own skin, we seem to know others better than we know ourselves. Why this is true could fill volumes, but more important is what to do about it.
I just read a blog post titled “4 Tips to Finding Yourself,” by Joan Schraum at her blog Accelerating Momentum. Joan gives these four tips:
1. Discover what you really want.
This includes choosing jobs, relationships and living situations that suit you, not please others. Trust that your life is unfolding perfectly.
2. Accept your mediocrity.
”Good enough” is good enough.
3. Create a vision board.
The movie “The Secret” has popularized vision boards. Have you created yours yet?
4. Change your thoughts.
To do this you must change what you say to yourself.
Read Joan’s full article here.
January 9, 2008
"The Secret", Law of attraction
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When the movie “The Secret” first appeared, everyone urged me to see it. I already believed in the Law of Attraction and the power of believing is the key to getting what you want. So I enjoyed the movie as a reminder of what I already knew to be true. But while there were many who were inspired by it, a lot of people believe “The Secret” is bogus, drivel, and downright useless.
Rhonda Byrne, the television producer who is the author of the book and creator of the DVD, must surely be crying all the way to the bank over all the negative responses. After all, this 90 minute movie was a huge success not just because millions of people viewed it, but because it took the nontraditional route. It was never shown in movie theaters, but it was so popularized by word of mouth (better known as viral marketing) that it caught Oprah’s attention.
Why are some folks unimpressed with “The Secret?”
- Makes manifesting good sound magical and doesn’t admit that success takes hard work
- Promotes idea that success means accumulating wealth and things
- Doesn’t go far enough to explain feelings and emotions that are behind our thoughts
- Disregards the random events, disasters and other things outside of us that affect our lives
There are many paths to finding joy. For some this movie tapped into one of them. How about you? What’s your take on “The Secret.”
