The Secret, or The Law of Attraction, isn’t “magic.” It isn’t really even a “thing.” The Law of Attraction is simply a way of talking about or describing how things seem to come together, or manifest into form from the world of the un-formed. The Law of Attraction is a law, not a tool; it isn’t something that works sometimes, or for some people, and not other times, or for other people. If you don’t think the Law of Attraction is working for you, it is almost certainly because the Law has brought you grief, loss, suffering, debt, unhappiness, or some other misfortune instead of something you think would be “better.” The Law is “working” perfectly.
As they say, “Ignorance of the Law does not excuse you from the operation of the Law.” You might think you can watch negative things on television (news, crime dramas, etc…) and have a positive life; but you can’t. You might think you can eat whatever you want, not exercise, and spend your time griping about your life and how you look in the mirror without creating something you don’t want; but you can’t. The Law of Attraction simply says that, if you have a recipe and ingredients for a chocolate cake, and then you assemble those ingredients and apply energy, or heat, then you’ll naturally end up with a chocolate cake - not a cherry pie. In life, we have plans, thoughts, and beliefs; and we have faith and action. Of course, all of this starts with the desire and idea to make a chocolate cake; and knowing the recipe, or having the ingredients on hand, are not always enough. And, sometimes, before we have had a chance to create the cake with our hands, someone might bring us a cake. But it all starts with desire.
If The Secret isn’t working for you, consider that you are simply attracting a different level of experience than you want to be — not that the Law of Attraction doesn’t work. When people do that, they get bitter; and then, they attract even worse experiences into their lives and say, “See! I told you the Secret was ‘bogus!’ Now I’m even more miserable than before!” If you really want to start attracting better things into your life, consider changing one or all of the following three things:
1.) Do whatever you can to spend more of the day thinking “positive” than “negative.” This means turning off the news and no longer reading the newspaper, for starters. Also, programming (books, television, etc…) with violence, meanness, fear, or other negativity, literally causes you to be negative and stressed; and the stress response causes premature aging, suppressed immunity, weight gain, and all manner of illness and unhappiness. I have had dreams that took 20-years to come true; be patient and be positive. If it isn’t working fast enough, add to the equation by doing more.
2.) Focus your thoughts; and concentrate on what you want — not what’s missing in your life, or what’s wrong with the world. If you spend your time thinking about negative things, you’ll experience negative things; and, if you spend your time thinking about a bunch of different things, you’ll get a bunch of different things — not necessarily the ONE thing you want. Eliminate negativity and distractions from your life — leaving more time for you to think positively about what you want.
3.) Do Something Different; anything will do. You can’t complain about how your life is not changing when you continue doing and thinking the same things. Carefully and honestly consider changes you need to make in your life — and then make them. Albert Einstein said that, “Nothing happens until something moves;” I say, “Nothing different happens until someone moves differently.”
The Law of Attraction is always on; constantly pulling things together and pulling them apart — but always pulling, and always according to our thoughts. Change is constant; if you want to participate, simply start thinking about what you want — and work on being positive. And, just remember, if you can’t seem to attract what you want in life:
1.) Turn that frown upside down; and Keep it Positive.
2.) Focus on one thing at a time; concentrate your energies on your desires.
3.) Do something new and different; mix things up and you will have change.
They say, “If you want to know what you’ve been asking for, just take a look around at what you’ve got;” to change what you see, change what you’re asking for, and change the way you’re asking. Then, do something new!
About the Author:
Pete Koerner is the author of The Belief Formula: The Secret to Unlocking the Power of Prayer. The Belief Formula is a look at how your mind creates and shapes your body and life. For more information, go to: www.ExploreExpandEvolve.com. *For a Free Report on Making The Belief Formula Work for You, visit: www.TheBeliefFormula.com.
When things like this happen to Law of Attraction practitioners, their first response might be, “How am I attracting all of this? I’ve been keeping my thoughts and feelings in alignment with GOOD things, so what’s going on?”
In my experience, this is usually the result of residual negative energy.
Remember that we are always living the residual results of our PAST thoughts, feelings, beliefs and actions. So even if you’ve been “good” with your focus for weeks, it’s still possible to experience some negative things for awhile until that old negative energy plays through. I like to call it a “burning off” of the old to make way for the new!
When I look back through my journals over the past few years, I can see very clear PATTERNS in my life’s manifestations! Here’s what it usually looks like:
1) I start with a negative situation.
2) I set an intention to attract something better.
3) I begin improving my thoughts, feelings and beliefs.
4) Things start to get better and I feel like I’m making progress.
5) Out of the blue, things start to go wrong again - sometimes in very bizarre ways!
Let’s stop here for a moment, because this is a pivotal stage. Depending on how I react to these “things going wrong,” different outcomes will ensue.
6a) If I slip back into my old, negative ways of thinking and feeling in reaction to these negative events, I will continue on a negative slide until I’m right back where I was in the original negative situation.
6b) BUT - if I refuse to invest energy and focus into the new, negative events and continue with positive thoughts, feelings and beliefs, the “bad stuff” eventually plays itself out and dissipates (usually within a few days, or sometimes weeks) - and I am suddenly thrust into MUCH better circumstances, usually through events that seem almost miraculous the way they come into my life.
Has this ever happened to you? I know it does happen to other people, but I don’t see it mentioned a lot. But it’s SO IMPORTANT to understand, especially if you’re new to working with the Law of Attraction.
When things start to go wrong again, it would be easy to think, “This stuff doesn’t work; I’m just wasting my time!” And if you do that, you’ll reverse all the positive energy you’ve sent out toward better circumstances. You need to keep pushing forward with your new, positive ways of thinking and being in order to fully burn off that old, negative residual energy.
How does this residual energy manifest? It can appear in any number of forms, but here are some of the forms I’ve experienced before:
And more - basically there are endless ways this negative energy can come through into your physical world, and sometimes it will happen in more than one way simultaneously! Like your car will break down AND you’ll lose your job around the same time. Or you’ll get sick AND your boss will demand that you put in a large amount of overtime - when you’d rather be home resting! Or your washing machine will break down, followed by your microwave, and your furnace! Yes, this negative residual energy can hit in more than one place at a time and pose a real threat to your new positive state of mind.
However, the important thing is how you REACT to these new, seemingly negative events. If you go back to thinking and feeling negatively, you’ll only exacerbate the problems. But if you can stay emotionally detached and just deal with them the best you can while still keeping your positive focus, the bad stuff will finish burning off and you’ll find yourself moving forward MUCH more quickly and easily!
That’s where I am now. The weird experiences have stopped, my husband was able to fix the brakes on his truck at minimal cost (it was a brake line that cracked and broke open, spilling all the brake fluid out onto the road!), and some wonderful things have been happening that convince me I’m nearly ready to break through to the next level I’ve been focusing on. Soon I’ll be sharing those details with you, but not quite yet!
If you’ve been experiencing some residual negative effects, HOLD TO THE PATH! You’re almost there! As long as you don’t get all freaked out and “emotionally invested” in the negativity, it will pass sooner than you think. Stay positive, stay focused, visualize and believe you already have what you want - and it will come.
Boy, do I have a story for you. It’s a story about the power of perception.
Today while I was driving my husband’s truck, the brakes failed. And I do mean failed - from one instant to the next I had brakes and then no brakes at all. I called my husband at work and told him about it, and after he made sure I was okay he immediately launched into a tirade about how his truck is a piece of junk (actually he used a more colorful word), and how we don’t need a big car repair bill right now, and how inconvenient this was because he had to leave work to come get me — on and on he went. I let him get it all off his chest, then we hung up so I could call a tow truck.
My husband arrived before the tow truck did and he was still ranting and raving about how aggravating this was, blah, blah, blah. I don’t blame him, I’ve done plenty of my own raving at times when something gets under my skin!
But today I was calm. Totally calm and detached about the whole thing. In fact, I felt blessed.
Finally in the midst of his rant he noticed my unusal calm and asked if I was really okay. I said I was, and then told him why I was so peaceful.
Every Thursday I do a ton of driving. It’s the day I do the majority of errand-running for the household, including trips to the grocery store, bank, post office, pharmacy and more - usually spending 3 to 5 hours driving through multiple cities. I also drive an extra 50 miles to visit my sister-in-law, nephew and niece for a couple of hours. All in all I probably travel close to 100 miles every Thursday.
Today was no different. I did all my errands and stopped to visit sis and the kids like usual. During the whole trip the brakes were fine. No weirdness, no hint of imminent failure. When I left their house is when the brakes failed.
I had just pulled away from the curb and coasted slowly toward a stop sign at the next cross street. Because the distance is so short I had been traveling maybe 10mph. So even when the brakes failed, there was still barely enough pressure for me to step hard on the pedal and force the truck to stop. Then I just put it in reverse and crept slowly backwards to the front of their house again and used the emergency brake to stop.
After I told all this to my husband, he still didn’t get why I thought this was a good thing. So I explained further - for the 75 or so miles I had been driving before that, I had gone up and down some very steep, winding roads. I had traveled through very busy city streets, and over crowded bridges. I had stopped for children in crosswalks. If the brakes had failed during any of those moments, this situation could have been thousands of times worse. I or someone else could have been seriously injured or killed.
You can bet that all of this crossed my mind in a flash when the brakes failed as I was coasting along at 10mph on a flat, deserted stretch of road. THEN he got what I was saying. Immediate shift in perception. “You’re right,” he said, “this could have been REALLY BAD if it happened anywhere else.” And he hugged me. Yep, that’s what I thought too!
Did I attract a brake failure today? Actually, I think I did. (whoopsie!) For the past few weeks I’ve been thinking about the brakes on my car and wondering if it’s time to have them replaced. It keeps popping into my mind but I haven’t gotten around to it yet. Since I had to drive such a long way today I asked my husband if we could swap cars. (There’s another blessing - if the brakes had failed while my husband was driving, you can bet he would have been driving a LOT faster than I was! :-))
So my point with this story is simple. By NOT overreacting or focusing on the negative aspects of the situation, I can virtually guarantee that something positive will come out of it. Actually, I already feel that the most positive outcome possible has been achieved. I’m still safe, and so is everyone I encountered while driving today. The truck can be repaired or replaced. So can my car. No big deal.
That’s the true power of perception! Like I say in my Law of Attraction ebook, the Law of Attraction is not meant to be a “magic cure” for everything that we think is wrong with our lives. We may still have moments when things go wrong. But if we make an effort to keep our thoughts and emotions in order, we can drastically minimize their impact and probably prevent even worse things from happening later on.
Either way, I just feel good. Great, actually. Like a loving hand is guiding me away from danger and toward all the good things I want. I may not get them all when I hope to, but I do believe they’re coming. And maybe they might not all be in the packaging I expect to see, but they’ll still be beautiful and inspiring. I couldn’t ask for anything more!
Looking for more positive reading material? I just ordered some new books that you may be interested in too:
Do you love “Positive Thought of the Day” reading material? If so, you’ll be thrilled to know that Madisyn Taylor of DailyOM (www.DailyOM.com) has just released her first book!
From the website:“This inspirational book delivers messages of healing, awareness, and well-being. A companion to the popular DailyOM Website, it is a valuable guide that will enable you to find balance and wellness through conscious awareness. As you read these passages, which touch on topics including meditation, relationships, nature, and more, you’ll see that they’ll make the journey of your life much more meaningful.The gentle and affirming wisdom contained within these pages is intended to make each of your days a little happier, less stressful, and more satisfying. It will introduce you to elements of Mother Nature’s majesty that you may never have noticed before, guide you as you discover the inward peace you’ve longed for, and inspire you to embrace change in every corner of your existence. As you open your mind to the possibilities contained within, you’ll discover that the power to create a fulfilling and more purposeful life was in you all along.”
From the website:“What would it mean to discover that everything from the DNA of life, to the future of our world, is based upon a simple Reality Code—one that we can change and upgrade by choice? New revelations in physics and biology suggest that we’re about to find out! A growing body of scientific evidence suggests that our universe works like a Consciousness Computer. Rather than the number codes of typical software, our Consciousness Computer uses a language that we all have, yet are only beginning to understand. Life’s reality code is based in the language of human emotion and focused belief. Knowing that belief is our reality-maker, the way we think of ourselves and our world is now more important than ever!
For us to change the beliefs that have led to war, disease, and the failed careers and relationships of our past we need a reason to see things differently. Our ancestors used miracles to change what they believed. Today we use science. The Spontaneous Healing of Belief offers us both: the miracles that open the door to a powerful new way of seeing the world, and the science that tells us why the miracles are possible, revealing: why we are not limited by the “laws” of physics and biology as we know them today. Once we become aware of the paradigm-shattering discoveries and true-life miracles, we must think of ourselves differently. And that difference is where the spontaneous healing of belief begins.”
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I’ll let you know how I like them when they arrive!
Sorry for my inactivity lately; don’t worry - I haven’t been eaten by bears!
I’ve been swamped with another new project, but I’m making fantastic progress and hope to be finished with it soon. Then I’ll immediately start on another one. LOL!
Anyway, I wanted to mention something great that has been happening to me lately, and that is the power of repetitive audio!
I finally broke down and bought an MP3 player for myself (yes, I’m probably the last person in the free world to do so; I’m usually a few years behind most people technology-wise ).
But I am LOVING this little gadget! I’ve been taking it with me everywhere - while I’m driving, while I’m shopping, while I’m doing housework or yard work, and pretty much all the time except when I’m working and need to focus.
I’ve got some favorite audios I’ve been listening to, such as:
- The Secret audio book
- Louise Hay’s audio book “The Power is Within You”
- Reiki Whale Dreaming by Kamal (whale songs w/music for meditation)
- Tibetan Chakra Meditations by Ben Scott & Christa Michell
I still haven’t downloaded much actual music, but I plan to.
All of this positive audio input is having a great effect on me! I’m not much of an audio person - or least I never used to be. Sometimes I like listening to music and I do often listen to meditation CDs, but more often I tend to prefer silence over background noise. I have sensitive ears and too much noise makes me feel like every nerve ending in my body is being aggravated.
But I’m discovering that the right KIND of noise (or sounds, I should say) is a different story! Listening to all these wise voices like the teachers in the Secret, Rhonda Byrne (who narrates her audio book), Louise Hay, and also the selected meditation music I’ve got so far - is . . . incredibly . . . uplifting. Talk about a constant infusion of positive thoughts and emotions! I should have done this long ago.
In case you’re interested, I got my MP3 player from QVC.com. It’s the Sansa 2GB, which holds up to 500 songs. Not a huge device by any means, and not at all expensive! (It was around $45)
And to my absolute joy, I also discovered that Amazon.com offers MP3 downloads! Mostly music, but there are also many New Age selections like meditations and such. Better still, you can buy the songs individually for .89 cents or so, or whole albums for $6 to $12. Very cool!
P.S. If anyone knows of other good audio-download sources, please let me know!
Well, I’ve finally done it. I’m officially a Lensmaster at Squidoo. My new lens is Positive Quotes.
I’ve been curious about starting a lens there for some time, but kept putting it off because I cringed at the thought of adding “one more thing” to my To-Do list!
But a friend kept nudging me to do it (shoving is more like it, right Mark? haha), so I finally did.
Better still, I’ve chosen to have all of the proceeds from my lens donated to charity. Right now that is the Critter Connection - a no-kill adoption agency for doggies. Later I might switch it out and share the love with other great organizations.
Sooooo, if you’re feeling the love, help spread the word about my lens. Link to it, blog about it, add it to your favorites, visit and rate it, etc. I’ll be working on it little by little, adding more quotes and some of my articles and so on. It’s one of my passions, so it’ll be my fun hobby when I need some downtime from writing.
It takes time! Lately I’ve been seeing/hearing many people expressing the same problem: they’ve tried to change their thoughts from negative to positive, and ditto with their emotional state, but they keep getting pulled back to the negative stuff no matter how hard they try to turn it around.
Thus, they conclude that it’s not working.
WRONG! I’m speaking from my own experience here, but it’s a process, not an instantaneous shift. It’s impossible to leap from one state of consciousness to another in the blink of an eye. That doesn’t mean your efforts aren’t working, it just means you’re not done shifting yet.
When I think back to the person I was 20 years ago, she’s nothing like the person I am today.
She was extremely unhappy, stressed, depressed. She hated the world and everyone in it, including herself. Especially herself. She was almost always in victim mode, fighting against the injustices that were being done to her by . . . well, almost everyone. Yes, she had her moments of happiness here and there, but they were very fleeting and never lasted long.
The person I am today is pretty much the exact opposite. Almost always happy and optimistic, with maybe a few scarce moments of struggle here and there - but even then mostly surface stuff, nothing major.
What happened? Did I have a near death experience? Did a new, happier soul “walk in” to my body while I was sleeping? Was I abducted by aliens and given a happiness chip implant under my skin? Did I simply get happier as I matured?
No, to all of the above.
What happened is that I CHOSE to become the person I am now. At the time I didn’t see the big picture, of course. I didn’t have a spontaneous vision of myself in the future or anything dramatic like that. I just knew that my own thoughts were working against me and I couldn’t stand to live the rest of my life like that. I had to change if I wanted to live beyond my 25th birthday (either stress would have killed me or I would have killed myself - yes the thought was always there in the back of my mind).
So I started reading and learning about the nature of thoughts and how to change them from negative to positive. Then I started working on doing just that. At first I was only successful part of the time. I’d have maybe 3 positive thoughts nestled in between the 3000 negative ones.
Little by little I started paying more attention to my conscious thoughts throughout the day, and turning them around when I could. (”Wendy, you are so stupid sometimes, I swear . . . - No, wait a minute, that’s not true. I do dumb things sometimes, but that doesn’t make me stupid. It makes me human, and prone to mistakes like everyone else.”)
You get the idea.
Then I started doing the same thing with emotions, choosing to feel more positive - and make myself feel more positive if I didn’t already.
And over a period of several years, it became automatic. I still have my moments when I slip back into old thought and emotional patterns, but it’s rare. And even when it does happen, I’m aware of it immediately and know what to do to turn it around.
Does that mean it will take everyone years to make the transition? Not at all! I admit I’m extremely stubborn and resistant to change, which may be one of the reasons it took so long for me.
But don’t worry about how long it will take. Focus only on right NOW. The more you focus on staying positive in the NOW, the more you’ll strengthen your mind and emotions and train them to veer more toward the positive side. Practice self-awareness as often as you can so you’ll know when you’re moving off track.
And remember one more important thing. As you begin to make the transition, you stop seeing the journey as a “here and there” kind of thing. You stop worrying about trying to move from where you are now to somewhere “better.” The journey itself kind of takes over and you begin appreciating the inner growth and self-mastery - the person you become - rather than worrying about the payoff at the end.
One day you’ll pause along the trail to smell a gorgeous flower - and realize that you are thousands of miles from where you started. And you don’t even have blisters.
I’m not affiliated with the author and I don’t get any perks for referring you. Her book is just really good. This lady has gone through hell in her own life and learned how to take charge of her thoughts and emotions. She offers some excellent tips and resources for feeling better fast, just like the title of the book. So check it out if you need some guidance!
Weeds in a garden can be incredibly pesky, persistent and destructive to the plants you do want to cultivate. Any good gardener knows that frequent weeding is necessary if you want to keep a clear area for healthy plants to grow to their fullest potential. How similar this process is to the role of positive thinking in personal development! Just like a garden, your mind can easily and quickly become overrun by “weeds” in the form of negativity, impatience, jealousy, anger or inflexibility.
You may think these types of thoughts aren’t truly harmful, just perhaps a bit annoying. Wrong! Remember, what you focus upon the most is what you tend to create in your life. While most of us have fleeting moments of negative thinking now and again, the length and frequency of time you focus on these thoughts determines whether they will sprout roots and grow into something larger and much more troublesome. What kind of trouble can negative thoughts create in your mind? How about feelings of depression, defeatism, inability to recognize opportunities, hopelessness, resistance to positive change, confusion, lack of focus, lack of direction and purpose, and much, much more. Even worse, negative thoughts (just like weeds) are incredibly prolific. They multiply and take over the whole darn joint if you let them. They invite all their rowdy, boisterous friends and begin to bully and crowd out the positive thoughts you are trying to encourage to take root.
If you want to keep your mind (and life) free from interfering “weeds,” you must learn to pluck out the ones that prevent the better growth from happening. That means letting go of grudges, not letting yourself be overcome by anger or frustration, and learning how to find the good in every situation. You must learn how to cultivate only that which you want to harvest in your life. You will reap what you sow, but remember too that sometimes other people are gardening on your land without your conscious awareness or permission. Don’t let them! Put up an electric fence and be clear about what you will and will not accept into your lush garden.
Be vigilant about weeding your mind daily, and you will ensure that only beauty, joy and abundance grow there.
You must weed your mind as you would weed your garden. - Astrid Alauda
It can be challenging for sure! In recent years I’ve made a lot of progress in turning my attention away from negative trends and keeping a more positive focus as much as possible.
I don’t watch the news unless I feel there’s something important I need to know. Usually I just scan the headlines online and read only selected stories. I avoid getting tangled in conflict or arguments - or even reading heated discussions online. I work hard each day to feed my mind with positive thoughts, and share many of my own on my various websites, articles and blog(s).
Despite that positive focus, I still get blindsided by negativity pretty often. How? From the people in my life! Don’t get me wrong, I’m blessed with a wonderful circle of family and friends. They’re all great people in their own ways, but they also have their little quirks.
Take my husband, for example. Sometimes I think he should have been named “Negative Ned” - actually his name is Patrick, so let’s use “Pessimistic Patrick” instead. This is a guy who has a lot going for him. He’s attractive, intelligent, funny and has a great job (not to mention his gorgeous, charming wife, hehe). But he’s always obsessed with the negative possibilities in life.
If I mention doing some improvements to our house, he launches into a discussion about how the housing market is the worst it’s been in decades, and we’ll probably end up losing all our equity anyway, so there’s not much point.
If I talk about something we’ll do in the future, he casually mentions that the Mayan Calendar ends in 2012, so don’t plan on being here after that. (I wish I was kidding! LOL :-))
I could go on and on with him because he comes out with some doozies! But let’s share the love with someone else. My mother also lives with us, and she trolls the television news stations 3 times a day in search of the latest disasters. If she does happen to find one (and she usually does!), she’ll pop her head into my office to give me the rundown: “A tractor trailer truck just rolled over on I-95 and crushed a few cars - it looks like several people were killed. You should come see this.” (Do I really WANT to see that?) “They’re saying a big storm is heading our way and we could end up with a lot of ice buildup on the trees. I hope they don’t crash down on the house.” (Gee, me too Mom - but thanks for lending some energy to the possibility!) ”Wendy, a gunman just took a dog hostage in Minnesota. It’s not looking good for the dog . . .” (Okay, I’m exaggerating a wee bit on that last one, but you get the idea.)
I love these people, but sometimes I wish I had a mute button!
I’m willing to bet you’ve got similar challenges in trying to stay positive too, right? How do you tune out the negativity of others and avoid letting it drag down YOUR energy?
I think one of the most effective techniques I’ve found to deal with situations like these is to utter one word to myself when they start with the negative stuff: PERCEPTION.
I remind myself that they are sharing a perception with me - which doesn’t have to become MY perception. Then I try to shift my focus to a more positive perception to balance it out. It’s not easy sometimes, but you’d be amazed at what you can do if you set your mind to it.
When it comes right down to it, it’s impossible to completely avoid negativity. And I don’t think it’s necessary anyway. If you’re focusing the majority of your energy and attention on more positive thoughts and keeping your emotions aligned as much as you can, then you’re way ahead of the game!
You can’t force anyone else to be more positive; you can only control your own focus. If other people constantly focus on the negative and it disturbs you, step away from them for awhile. Go do something that makes you feel good. Or mentally “cancel” out their negative comments and replace them with positive thoughts inside your own head.
It doesn’t matter how you choose to deal with it, as long as you don’t let the negativity take over your own mind-set. Who knows, maybe your own positive outlook will begin to rub off on the people around you! That’s my hope for my own family - and if not, there’s always earplugs.
In my experience, this is usually the result of residual negative energy.
What happened is that I CHOSE to become the person I am now. At the time I didn’t see the big picture, of course. I didn’t have a spontaneous vision of myself in the future or anything dramatic like that. I just knew that my own thoughts were working against me and I couldn’t stand to live the rest of my life like that. I had to change if I wanted to live beyond my 25th birthday (either stress would have killed me or I would have killed myself - yes the thought was always there in the back of my mind).
You may think these types of thoughts aren’t truly harmful, just perhaps a bit annoying. Wrong! Remember, what you focus upon the most is what you tend to create in your life. While most of us have fleeting moments of negative thinking now and again, the length and frequency of time you focus on these thoughts determines whether they will sprout roots and grow into something larger and much more troublesome. What kind of trouble can negative thoughts create in your mind? How about feelings of depression, defeatism, inability to recognize opportunities, hopelessness, resistance to positive change, confusion, lack of focus, lack of direction and purpose, and much, much more. Even worse, negative thoughts (just like weeds) are incredibly prolific. They multiply and take over the whole darn joint if you let them. They invite all their rowdy, boisterous friends and begin to bully and crowd out the positive thoughts you are trying to encourage to take root.
