Gratitude and the Good Fairy

Many people think that Gratitude, the Law of Attraction, “The Secret” and other “new age-y things” are full of baloney. If you can’t see it, then it must not exist. Well, the same person should say the same thing about electricity! You cannot really see electricity, but it is there.

Young children are more open and willing to accept things that they cannot see. I think that people grow more skeptical as they are hardened with age. It is based on all the criticism  they receive growing up (but that is for another post at another time!)

Everything is energy. We are energy. Out thoughts are energy. The monitor on which you are reading this post, is energy. The more energy something has, the more concrete it becomes. This is what occurs when the power of positive thinking is married with taking action. When you feel your thoughts on an emotional level, you will resonate at a higher level of vibration whi
ch will cause the Law of Attraction to kick in nice and strong.

What is gratitude and the Law of Attraction? The Law of Attraction is based on three steps, and if you skip any of them, it doesn’t work:

1. Know what you want and ask the universe for it.

2. Feel and behave as if the object of your desire is on its way.

3. Be open and full of gratitude to receiving it.

Thinking back to my earliest application of this law, I find that it was first taught to me (in a round about way) from my father when I was very young. I grew up in New York City; Manhattan to be more precise. If anyone lives or drives in NYC, you know that
parking is a problem. We would be driving along and need a parking spot! My father would say, “OK – we need a parking spot that is near by. Put your head down and pray to the “Good-Fairy” for a parking spot so we can go into Gimbels”. What did I know?!?! I put my head down and asked for a parking spot. I knew the Good Fairy was good (it had to be! Good was its first name!) so I knew that we would get a spot. Soon enough, we had a parking spot!

I think this really is the application of the Law of Attraction. As I got older and more skeptical, I stopped believing, and therefore I stopped feeling that it would be true. But, I have come full circle and now I consciously use it.

By feeling grateful for something that you do not yet have, but acting as if you do have it, you help activate the Law of Attraction. As a result, you will help bring it into your life. Most people, when asked, are grateful for things which they currently possess, or feel, or do. When I wake up in the morning and
think of things for which I am grateful, many times I feel my gratitude for the African Photographic Safari trip that I WILL be taking, or the bank account balance that will be ten times the amount that is currently there. I am grateful for many things that have yet to materialize into my life. I know they will come! (I have been told I have a one track mind!)

The next time you are perusing the list of things for which you are grateful, use the Law of Attraction and be grateful for those things which will come your way.