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Dirty Shoes Opened My Eyes And Mind.
Submitted by: Norah Aguilar
Veracruz, MéxicoI am an English teacher and work full time because I am a single mother of a boy and a girl. Besides this, I am supporting my mother in all senses. My experience with The Secret started when I had to carry school bags, groceries, my purse full of toys and personal things, and then hurry to catch a taxi every single morning.
Every single morning in a rainy and foggy starting day, the story repeated itself. I would be preparing breakfast, attending to children, preparing lunch boxes, and at the end of all that, preparing myself to start the daily working routines. Everything was easy despite having a lot of things to do, but I would get really concerned when I opened the door and it was a rainy and foggy day. As I mentioned before, my children with all of their things had to walk taking my hand until we took a taxi. I remember that I really struggled with my heart to see them in a hurry! Then at the end of the day, my son commented that the gymnastics teacher had punished him because his tennis shoes were not very clean! Not white enough! It frustrated me. I thought to myself, does the teacher not know that we walk long distances to take a taxi, so how could his shoes stay clean enough in this type of weather?
So one day a friend of mine invited me to a reading club during in our break at the job. She arrived very happy with The Secret book. I never imagined what that could end up meaning in my life. We started reading it for an hour every day. After two weeks we each decided to plan a goal. My goal was to get a car! It was kind of crazy because I did not even know how to drive!! And even despite that, I did not have enough money to buy a car! But I wanted a car! I imagined how easy my life could be having a car! So I started imagining myself driving a car with my children in it!! I never thought about how to buy a car, I just saw myself driving many times.
Then suddenly, one day when I was leaving my job I saw a car with its own publicity!! It said, “I can be yours! Without any previous payment! Just give us a call!” So, that was what I did! I called and an agent visited my home the same day at night! He asked me for only two or three documents and he told me to choose the car from a catalog! so that is exactly what I did! In less than a week somebody called me to go and pick my new car up!!!! And I was able to do it without money! The companies took out a portion of money for their payment from my paycheck so it was really easy for me. So then I learned to drive my car! My children started enjoying the car and driving in it with their mom!
Ever since that day, I know that all I have to do is just imagine what I want and then I will have it!! Thank you for sharing a space for us to share our experiences with The Secret!!!! Now I am going to modify my house! I know I can do it!