Dear aschristyseesit:

The law of attraction works temporarily for anyone trying it and it works a whole lot for people who pretend to be happy. If I feel down, walking straight, head held high will sometimes help me to feel better. If I feel down and I meet a person, and then pretend to be happy, see to it that I look happy, then the person is likely to be friendly to me. When I get good results (these two examples), I tend to do more of the same, get good results, and feel better as a result.

Problem is pretending doesn’t work on the long run, not when it takes a whole lot of pretending. You get tired pretending.. you get tired, period and don’t find the energy to pretend.

So the law of attraction works when you are already happy on a particular day and it sometimes work, temporarily when you are not happy. Then when a stressful situation arises, the old thoughts get activated, that abusive inner-critic raises its head and says: try to pretend I am not here, but guess who is here anyway…?

There is a way, a hope- the Healing Path I call it. It takes longer and requires a whole lot of attentiveness/ mindfulness and persistence than the law of attraction. Therapy with a competent, empathetic, hard working therapist is a good place to start.

Hope you post again…

anita