[Acting Like Godot]

Originally Posted by renie408

Well, I am done with all of that. I am going to stop thinking about and discussing the LOA and start living it. I am going to stop trying to decide whether it is real or not. I am going to stop doubting it and me and start just believing and DOING.

Good for you.

But nowhere does she or anyone else say, "Sit back and think about what you want and it will mysteriously appear for you."

But it will.

It has for me. Many times.

The important part is the positive or negative attitude (when you think about it, how much 'just sitting around' do really positive people do, anyway?).

Now, let me tell you the part that many people don't get.

If you have indeed succeeded in planting your intention well, and the goal is one that you can personally do something about, you will necessarily take action. You cannot not take action.

After all, thoughts affect reality. And you are part of reality.

You want a body closer to your ideal and want to know how the LOA can help that? You start by visualizing your ideal body. You envision yourself healthy, attractive, fit and sexy. You begin to BELIEVE these things are so. You give yourself permission to think that you CAN be a size ______ (in my case, a size 8). In doing so, you become inspired to work out.

Inspired is not even necessarily the right word.

How do I explain this? Think of this way - if you have truly made yourself believe that you are healthy, attractive, fit, sexy etc, you will automatically reject behaviours that are inconsistent with such a belief. You will automatically select behaviours that are consistent with such a belief.

A free month trial to a gym shows up on your windshield. High on your new belief, you use the trial and discover a love for working out and Bob's your uncle, within no time you are all the things you wanted to be. BUT...before you CHANGED YOUR MIND about what you could expect from a fitness and weightloss program, you would NOT have even noticed the opportunity from the gym (or maybe not even have gotten it).

Except for the last 7 words in the above paragraph, you are describing what is called the reticular activating system. Which is a pretty powerful thing in itself.

But LOA goes beyond that.

As you will soon discover for yourself.

Do I believe that good things will come to me when I am in a positive place? Yep, I sure do. Can I PROVE that? Nope, I sure can't.

Yes you can.

And you will, quite soon. You will prove it to yourself.