I read “The Secret” a few years ago. At that time, I was self-employed, and I wished to find a job. That was not easy because of my age and the fact that I had been self-employed since I graduated.

However, I was determined to close my business, so I started looking for jobs and finally got an interview. I did not get any reply from that company for months, and I thought that perhaps my experience was not relevant to the job and probably would not be hired. But I stopped myself from thinking that way. Instead, I reminded myself to be positive. I visualized myself having coffee in the pantry of the company, and I even created a business card on my computer that showed my name and my title in that company.

Eventually, after three months, I got that job, and I was very grateful. I knew I got that job because I was very positive and I believed in the law of attraction!

I was happy to have joined this company, but unfortunately, I have a very difficult boss, and I have such a heavy workload that I had forgotten about being positive. I forgot about the law of attraction. Of course, I still “pretended” to be positive at work just to make things work and appear to be professional, but inside, I had this fear as I did not know when my boss was going to pick on me. I had become negative, and I was always visualizing being picked on, which, of course, was because I kept thinking about it!

I used to get stuff that I wanted by visualizing it, and by being positive and grateful. However, it is not easy to pretend when I am actually not happy.

Then last week, my boss was on trip, and I got to work on my own. I realized that my negative feelings had led to a negative working life. I suddenly remembered The Secret and I realized that I must stop all these negative feelings. I told myself that I must start again by asking the Universe for what I wanted and believing that I would get what I asked for.

So one night I attended our company’s annual dinner and there was a lucky draw. Each of us received a number, and halfway through the dinner, they started the lucky draw. At first, I wasn’t paying much attention, and after a few prizes were given out, I started thinking that I wanted to get a prize, whatever it was. So I started visualizing my number being called and stepping onto the stage to get my prize.

Within a minute after I had that thought, my number was called! I was so happy because I knew the Universe did listen.

At that time, my colleague had not gotten anything yet, and he said that he wanted to get a camera. So, half-joking, I said to him that I would use my willpower to help him get that camera. And you know what? I kept visualizing him getting the camera, and he got it!

I know it sounds crazy, but there is no harm in being positive and believing in yourself. The law of attraction is real, and I will keep reminding myself of this!