I recently had occasion to
overhear a woman commenting about a book that was assigned to Book Club – not a
subject of her personal choosing but nonetheless to be discussed by attendees.
It was too much of a
coincidence that I actually had an extra copy of the video – still unseen; and
I had not read the book either.
Last week I was able to
borrow this same book and sat down with intention to at least make some
headway. Names of many contributors were familiar to me – I was surprised and
delighted. Here are just a few who come to mind: Esther and Jerry Hicks (the
Teachings of Abraham), Jack Canfield (Chicken Soup …series), Marie Diamond
(Diamond Feng-Shui), and Norman Vincent Peale.
If you type in The Secret on
Google™ there are refuting comments included from learned and effective people,
well established in their own right.
Lest you feel derisive or
disagreeable, the universal message is positivity in every way we can conjure
it. We’ve all heard accounts close to home, and perhaps it’s happened to us,
that a Random Act of Kindness has brightened someone’s day.
How “a smile is your
umbrella…” or looking at life from the “sunny side of the street”.
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Emoticons in text or e-mail messages can be nettling (or not) – depending on
who they are from or the subject matter! For me, the probabilities and pitfalls
of feeling and looking downcast are far outbalanced by the promise of
possibility.
I have yet to finish reading Rhonda Byrne’s
best selling 2006 book entitled The Secret, and will view the video afterward.
The woman I overheard speaking somehow seems to have a brighter outlook…so
who’s to say what?
The power of positive
thinking, however mustered, manifests as a feel-good, do good emotional boost.
It’s The Secret.
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