The Events in Your Life - What Do They Truly Mean to You?
Author: ophelia | Category: Law of AttractionI wrote a response to someone’s question on Thefastlane blog - http://www.thefastlane.info/ - and thought I should share my response since this was in reference to Law of Attraction. Here is my response as well as some questions for discussion:
“There is a book called Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl - I would be happy to forward you my copy. It’s about a guy who was in a concentration camp. In it he says that there were people who came to the camp and to them coming to the camp mean’t they were going to die and they did. There were others who came and it meant they had a story to tell to the world about their experiences and in order to do that they needed to live - and they did live.
When I was raped the second time, it meant I cannot live like this. Maybe this has happened because I am supposed to help young women realize that life isn’t over and that you can move on.
When I experienced poverty, I would say don’t worry it’s because I’m going to write a book and no one wants to read a book about how great someone’s life was, they want to read a book about how you overcame all those horrible times to be the person you now are. It is not a coincidence that years later I have written my first book and 6 books are on the way.
When I was almost homeless, I would say maybe this is happening because I am supposed to help other women who are homeless. I forgot about all this till last year I read my email about homeless women with kids in my area, and convinced my partners that we should open a foundation - The Wealthy Women Foundation - to help homeless single moms with kids get back on their feet.
I say all this to say that to you: Your experiences have a meaning in your mind, and that is it’s ruined your life. You need to change the meaning - Go volunteer at a local shelter, a local hospital - There are women out there who want to hear that they can leave these situations of abuse. There are women who feel that these men will take thier lives. They want to hear a woman say You can get out…You can leave…You don’t have to put up with it because I didn’t. Go give these women hope and as you give these women the gift of hope you will begin to realize that you had HOPE all along - Because you cannot give what you do not have and as you change the meaning of these events from one of they have ruined my life to one of I am a beacon of hope to many women - You change your life…”
The events in your life - what do they truly mean to you?
How can changing the meaning of things that have happened in your past change your entire life?
How they could you change the meaning to a more empowering one?
Think of an experience that has shaped how you view the world and how could you change the meaning of that experience to one that will help you harness the power of the Law of Attraction.
