Secret

A coworker wanted to borrow my place to watch a video. The video's name is "Secret." She said it's a movie that tells you how to get what you want and that she didn't want her husband to find out she's watching it. So naturally I assumed it's one of those shows that teaches woman how to be manipulative and get what they want from their men (is there really videos like that?) Regardless, for the sake of good colleague relationship, I said they can watch it at my place.

The video was about, well, to put it simply, how to achieve what one (realistically) wants by thinking positively. The entire "show," if you can call it that, pretty much just rehash that idea over and over again with different individuals, much like one of those infomercials. I really thought they will sell something utterly bizarre at the end of the show. Maybe some magical stone to help you collect your "chi" or something.

Ten minutes into the show I was shocked -- shocked that anyone can actually sit there and watch something like that. AND she nodded and commented from time to time. I was too afraid to ask, "You REALLY believe that?"

But a few days later, after the initial shock had worn off, I started thinking about the show. If you remove the metaphysical factors that it tried to integrate (much like a religion), it's actually very logical. The movie can be break down into these points:

1) identify what it is that you want to accomplish, realistically (i.e. a $5 million paycheck in a year is probably not too realistic);
2) don't focus negatively on the fact that you don't have it, but focus positively about how it'll make you feel if and when you get it; and
3) look for the right opportunity to make it happen

If you think about it logically, that's all the components of, really, getting where you want to go. I will say that I have almost everything that I wanted (of course, one always want more. It's not greed, it's a goal, a motivation in life. Without a goal, life will quickly become pointless.)

I wanted a very good husband. When I was bitter about not having a boyfriend, nothing good happened to me. It was when I finally decided to seriously go after the goal of meeting the right person (sounds funny or forced, but I didn't have the luck to run into him by chance alone), I met my husband. I really put myself out there by joining a dating site and was positive about this whole thing.

Then I wanted a job that I like. I've wanted a job that I am willing to dedicate to. It took me almost two years of trying, but I got it. Again, the elements? Identify the goal, be positive, and wait for the opportunity. :O

Who knows? Maybe the metaphysical bits have its merits too. After all, what's the odds of finding the perfect partner or the perfect job? Maybe the seemingly utterly bizarre/stupid movie "Secret" truly reveals the trick of the universe to us. Some of us are just lucky enough to subconsciously do all the right things to get what we want. For the less fortunate, perhaps this truly IS the movie that reveals to them the secret of the universe.