You Don't Need A Genii, You Need Action!

I thought perhaps I would take a break from our Bowman adventures and talk a little bit about the mindset that brought us to where we are. We are a huge believer in the "Law of Attraction".  If you don't know what that is, I highly suggest reading the book "The Secret". It was a book featured by Oprah once, and has been read a million times over. There is even a movie about it you can watch that talks about things in the book. The law of attraction is just like the law of gravity, it is always in play and it is always true. The book "The Secret" gives you the foundation of what the law of attraction is all about, however it doesn't quite give you everything.

Some people have a problem with this law because they take it as "all I have to do is think of something, and it will be!".  Yet this is a popular misconception about this law, and while positive thinking and envisioning is a big part, it is not the entire part. In order for the law of attraction to work you must pair it with action.  You can sit on your butt every day and envision and wish for a million dollars, if you never get up it will never happen. I have discovered first hand that the Universe rewards those that help themselves. For myself personally I have combined the law of attraction with my beliefs as a Christian, followed by action. To me the power of the three are unstoppable, and most importantly it works!  However, if religion is not your thing, the law still works with just action. I just find that my religion works great as a guide as I make my journey to what I want.

Have you ever been driving a new car, or thinking about a specific car and suddenly as you are driving around you notice how many of those cars are around?  In it's easiest form to understand this is the Law of Attraction at work. No, you didn't wish those cars into existence.  However, you did repeatedly tell your brain all about it, paired with probably the emotion of happiness as you were thinking about your soon to be new car.  Because of this constant chain of thinking about this car, your brain has been actively looking for that car in everything you do. Maybe in a magazine, maybe in a online Ad, or maybe on your way to Grandmas house. You have been telling your brain "I want this" and your brain is trying to deliver. But first, it must make you aware. Because these things that you are hoping to bring into your reality, are not going to be delivered by the Amazon Prime delivery person. What is going to show up is opportunities. Opportunities that will ultimately lead you to the destination you want. However, it may not be obvious that a certain opportunity leads you to that place. That is where being aware and listening to that inner voice comes in to play. There may be all these reasons and excuses you can think of not to take action, or see where an opportunity leads. Yet even if an opportunity doesn't lead directly to where you are trying to go, the lessons you need to learn in order to get what you want may very well be down that path. Until you do learn from those lessons, what you want will stay distant.

I won't give you a whole lecture on how to make the Law of Attraction work for you, for it would be a whole other book by itself. However, if you are tired of life not going your way I would suggest you give the book a good solid read.

The entire reason for bringing all of this up is because our family firmly believes that what you say and feel can write itself into reality. At the very least keep your vision in the back of your head, and take some ACTION every day to make it closer to a reality. When we decided we were tired of life being in control, we realized we had the power to change what ever we wanted. We just had to come up with our goal, some sort of action plan (doesn't really matter what because it should be fluid) all followed by action. When you think about your goal every day, and you follow it with action, the last thing you have to look for are the signs that are telling you "go this way". You will make missteps, yet look for the lesson to be learned from them and keep moving. You can and WILL do it!

** Side note** A very important step in everything above is energy. If you project negative energy, negative things will happen. Which will open a negative loop in your thinking, and possibly self sabotage everything you have done up to this point. If you are hyper aware, and stay vigilant in keeping your thoughts and energy positive. Good things will surely follow. Look for the signs, and investigate where they go!