To go through life without a plan seems ludicrous. And we
all seem to know this, as we take directions from our parents, society,
religious leaders, everyone but what do we want to do? At first, we don't
know. We know we need food, shelter, so if we leave the security of our
parents’ home that means we need money. Maybe the thought of being on our
own is so overwhelming we go to college, get married, go in the military, the
seminary, join the Peace Corps, etc. Whatever we choose, we become…
And we live. Good things happen, bad things happen, and we
learn to navigate the unexpected. What
we are not taught is that good things happen and bad things happen to everyone.
To say, “Why me?” is for the universe to answer, “Why not you?” Where did we learn that life is to be full
of perfection with no challenges?
There are teachers proclaiming (The Secret) that our life is determined by the Law
Of Attraction. The law that says we attract everything is outrageous to me. I know for sure that bad things do happen to
extremely positive upbeat people. Yet the
thought that every bad thing happened because I attracted it is insane to me. To
be guilt ridden over things out of your control can bring illness if you dwell
on it.
I knew a good man, he had a beautiful family, he had a long
successful marriage and his children loved their parents. His daughter newly
married just announced to her family she was pregnant with their first
grandchild, the family was ecstatic. She
was driving home from the grocery store the next week and a drunk driver drove
into her car and killed her.
Did she attract this? I should say not…this death almost killed her
father in grief. If he thought she attracted this, he would surely have gone
insane. He did survive, he questioned “Why God why?” eventually he moved on but
he almost lost his faith in the process.
He was a Doctor of Theology and Director of a Christian school. It
is stories like these of which I have heard a few that make me question this
LOA that everyone is so keen on teaching for manifestation. What do you believe about the LOA? I’m open to
listen.
I want to believe in it but I refuse to live in guilt if something bad happens. Life may be outer chaos but I will find inner peace. My mind, my thoughts is all I have control over.
It is much more comforting to believe, there is no normal life,
there’s just life.
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