Flow
“Energy flows where attention goes.” We’ve all heard that by now, right? Yes, but are we actually applying the principle? It doesn’t matter what we’re thinking about, health, career, relationships – we get exactly what we think about. Don’t worry, I’m not about to blog about the Law of Attraction, as the film, The Secret, has clearly been a grand enough platform for that. No, I’m more interested in contemplating what it actually means and to consider the possibility that it’s true.
Recently, I was on a blind date. A rather good blind date I might add. He was smart, handsome, funny and totally “got” it. Things were going quite well until I mentioned how sad I felt that I’d lost touch with a close friend because she recently fell in love. That’s when he said, “Don’t worry, she’ll be back. Give her six months and she’ll be miserable.” Wow. I was blown away. Now, I know he meant well but I can’t help remembering what the poet Maya Angelou said, “People always tell you who they are, if you just pay attention.” My question isn’t whether or not my blind date was right or wrong to say that. My question is that I’m wondering if this is what it’s come down to for so many?
Are we so deeply cynical that we actually think it’s normal? Not me. I am the antithesis of cynical. I’m highly optimistic and, as it turns out, incredibly romantic. I believe anything is possible when intentions are straight. I believe in love. In fact, I believe in the soul mate kind of love. And I believe we can, be, do and have anything we dare to imagine. My life is proof, as miracles are happening everywhere. Simply because I am in the flow. I’m “allowing” and getting out of the way. The Universe is a servant to our thoughts and will deliver exactly as we say. Life is hard. Universe says, “Yes!” Life is easy. Universe says, “Yes!” It’s our choice, no, our DUTY to be conscious of our thoughts, beliefs and attention. Our life depends on it.
May 1st, 2007 at 8:11 am
Listening to your full "Armchair Apprentice" interview as I'm writing this:
People in general have become too synical in my opinion, and to just automatically assume your friend will break up with the man she seems to love flies in the face of conventional wisdom in my opinion.
As one who's seen people who meet and then stay together, I would say the exact opposite of what this man you went out with said. I've always believed you never know where you're going to find the love of your life, and oddly enough, Nicole and Tim on the show seem to be proof of that.
As for you, you're probably better off with someone who thinks more like I do, as I say what I do about never knowing where or when you wind up meeting the right person based on what I've actually seen!
May 1st, 2007 at 4:27 pm
Michelle – I agree 100% with your quit to win attitude. It took more guts to do that in national public television, than to be fired.
May 2nd, 2007 at 3:37 am
Hi Michelle, I'm so inspired by you and I wish I had something brilliant to say but I don't. I should probably be writing this under a different blog entry, but I just took a mental inventory of my life over the past two months as well, it was done out of pure exhaustion, not so much because I needed to, or rather that I thought I needed to. I took a break from graduate school (I'm working on my MBA), and took my personal blog offline (why did I spend so much time writing online so that people who don't care about me can read it vs. just talking to the people in my life that matter most?) and my gosh, it's been incredible!!!!
I can't wait to read your book, and I wish you the very best of luck in your ventures!
The interview with Michael and Marji was really good. Thank you!
May 7th, 2007 at 8:34 pm
Let me know when your book tour gets to Seattle.