Millions of people have now heard of The Secret, a theory which brings phrases like “positive thinking” and “the law of attraction” to everyday conversations. The law of attraction is the basis of The Secret. The law of attraction is that our thinking creates and brings to us whatever we think about, it’s as though every time we think a thought, every time we speak a word, the universe is listening and responding to us.

Negativity can keep you from obtaining the things you want in life. It will not work if you keep putting yourself down, or saying ‘Oh, it will never work for me,’ or ‘I’m not good enough.’ Because that’s what the universe hears and returns to you.”

You can transform your life by staying positive. You have to start saying things that you feel really good about yourself for example: ‘I love who I am. I love life. Life loves me. It’s going to be smooth and easy. Life works for me.’ And you just start doing that. This is similar to planting seeds. You’re not going to get it the first day, but you plant a seed and you water it and you continue the affirmations, and things start to shift and change in your life.

Remember that the law of attraction doesn’t work at the snap of your fingers—at least not at first. At the beginning, you have to be careful what level you are on in your consciousness when you’re making your requests of the universe. It’s important that your thoughts are not coming from a negative place.

People hoping to use the law of attraction are told to write lists of what they want to obtain. So why is it that some people still don’t get what they want? The negative energy could be the cause. If you ask out of desperation and you put desperate energy out into the world, you don’t get back what it is you want.

For people who are more concerned about being able to pay their next bill than they are with the law of attraction, it’s hard to think that keeping a positive attitude will change anything. Just hearing the ideas behind the law of attraction can help a person begin to make small changes in his/her life.