Something to think about...or rather NOT think about.

[iamhappy]

I would like to share the story of a couple of my friends. Ever since I have known them, they have enjoyed a pretty abundant financial life...nothing extragavant, but enough to live without worrying about money and enjoying themselves.

They had newer cars, a nice house, modest but enjoyable vacations every year and so on.

Early last year all because of the news of the money crisis and recession, they decided to start cutting back on extras and saving "just in case". They had no reason to worry at that point, their jobs were secure and they were not overextended. They listened to the advice of the "experts". I remember her saying to me last year "I never had a budget or list when I went to the grocery store, I just bought what I wanted." She started cutting coupons and watching sales.

Well, about 6 months after they started doing this, some people at the husband's job were laid off and the couple now cut back even more and started to really worry. The worry was constant and consuming. I tried my best to explain to them that the more they worried, the more they would have to worry about, but they could not listen at this point, they were terrified.

They lived in this constant state of fear for another 6 months, even taking his paycheck and putting it into savings and just living on hers (telling the universe, that they did not need or have his paycheck) and telling the kids that they could not spend an unneccessary money. No new school clothes or shoes.

She just called today and told me that the husband had indeed been laid off...and that "Their worst fear, what they had been worrying about all along had come true"...these were her exact words to me.

[JoePike]

The question is...would he have been laid off even if they didn't worry and change their attitudes/habits/beliefs? Did they attract the job loss into their experience? Guess we'll never know. My view is that it pays to be positive, to think things like "we are always financially abundant." Maybe your friend would've been laid off anyway, but had they been more positive maybe another job would already be lined up? Again, we'll never know. But it's much more fulfilling to me to not live in a state of fear.

[Dimond]

Most of the time, money took care of itself when I worried less about it. It's definitely the best way to go when it comes to anything. Positive energy improves everything.

[myjourney11]

I think your friends have a good head on their shoulders to cut back on spending early on. They are more prepared to face this challenge than they would have been if they were still spending as before. I do not think they manifested this job loss with their worry as it may have been there all along. They had the intuition to stop spending.

[Takela]

i don't know if this would be intuition or the LOA at work but something similar happened to me many years ago, while i was a teenager. for no apparent reason, i suddenly became VERY curious about chicken pox (no one around me was having it/just had it). i went around asking my friends if they'd gotten it, and if yes, what it was like and what they did when they got it. two weeks later, i got it. i didn't know about LOA then but i believed that i had attracted it because of my obsession with it. my friends were like, "you got what you wanted!"

[StacyT]

Originally Posted by Takela

i don't know if this would be intuition or the LOA at work but something similar happened to me many years ago, while i was a teenager. for no apparent reason, i suddenly became VERY curious about chicken pox (no one around me was having it/just had it). i went around asking my friends if they'd gotten it, and if yes, what it was like and what they did when they got it. two weeks later, i got it. i didn't know about LOA then but i believed that i had attracted it because of my obsession with it. my friends were like, "you got what you wanted!"

Wow - amazing story (although I hope the chicken pox weren't too bad for you!)

[iamhappy]

Originally Posted by myjourney11

I think your friends have a good head on their shoulders to cut back on spending early on. They are more prepared to face this challenge than they would have been if they were still spending as before. I do not think they manifested this job loss with their worry as it may have been there all along. They had the intuition to stop spending.

I believe (maybe easier for me because I witnessed it happening) that this is a clear example of unintentionally using the LOA to create a situation. The main worry throughout this past year for them was that he was going to loose his job. They got to the point of actually living as though he had lost his job (saving his paycheck)... add some intense fear into the picture and they manifested this. No doubt in my mind.

I'm not saying one shouldn't be prepared or save in case of an emergency, but definitely not with this fear based worry that they had.

[StacyT]

Originally Posted by iamhappy

She just called today and told me that the husband had indeed been laid off...and that "Their worst fear, what they had been worrying about all along had come true"...these were her exact words to me.

I believe they absolutely manifested this. My husband is a worrier, and many times he manifests exactly the thing that he worries about.