When you are genuinely genuine, there will invariably be people who don’t accept you. And in that case, you must be your own badass self, without apology.
- Katie Goodman

Knowledge by itself is NOT power - it is only potential. Applied knowledge - knowledge coupled with action - is power. Without action, knowledge is wasted.

How you do anything is how you do everything.
- T. Harv Eker

“Make no little plans. They have no magic to stir men’s blood.”
- Daniel Burnham

Your Thoughts are energy waves - vibrations - measurable and tangible. You radiate your thoughts out to the Universe constantly. Since your world is a result of your dominant thoughts, take a look around at what you’ve been thinking.

As I was fixing myself a late breakfast Lena came into the kitchen feeling a little overwhelmed with all the projects we have going on. Since I happened to be spreading some jelly on my toast at the time, I offered her some toast to make her feel better.

She declined, saying that toast isn’t an anchor to feeling good for her as it was for me. She was referring to my experience with toast I wrote about awhile back. That experience of being so present while enjoying my toast that day is forever etched into my mind and toast will always be a happy anchor to that experience.

But for her, toast simply was not enough to bring forth those feelings of being present and grounded.

“So go find your toast, then,” I offered half-jokingly.

So simple, but profound. There’s something that everybody can use as an anchor to feeling sublime. We’ve all had moments of greatness, where we’ve felt so alive and unstoppable. No matter how fleeting the moment might have been, calling forth the feelings you experienced in that moment can be one of your most powerful tools to keeping yourself in a high vibration or state of being.

So think back to a past time of triumph, no matter how large or small the event may have been. Focus on your feelings, call them forth, make them bigger, stronger, more vibrant. Then repeat your anchor, or make up a completely new one. It can be a fist pump while shouting “Yeah baby!” or snapping your fingers or even a humble piece of buttered toast. Whatever it is, practice it often, because the more you feel triumphant and powerful the more you attract triumph and power to you.

So I happen to be in a fabulous mood right now and I decided I want to feel even better. Gratitude is always a great way to raise one’s vibration. So here’s a random list of things I’m grateful for in the moment.

• A plate of bacon and eggs, sunny side up, with lightly buttered toast
• Electric pencil sharpeners
• Indoor plumbing
• Being in touch with my creative genius
• Being a BIG thinker
• Toothpaste
• The refreshing crispness of winter air
• A good snow shovel
• Whiteboards
• The sound of a pencil as it scratches across paper
• Hot water
• Oreos
• A great metabolism
• Great health
• Sunshine, especially in winter
• Comfortable chairs
• Sleep

The Law Of Attraction, as defined by Abraham Hicks, is “That which is like unto itself, is drawn.” Put another way: Like Attracts Like. We attract to us what we put out into the Universe.

What inspired you to be on the current path you are on? And if you don’t like your current path, does it still match your inspiration? Are you still inspired?

The Law of Attraction.

Thanks to the movie The Secret (and its appearance on Oprah), the Law of Attraction has been receiving quite a bit of attention lately.

Simply put, the Law of Attraction states that “Like Attracts Like.” This is nothing new. Though the name “Law of Attraction” was originally coined by Abraham Hicks in the mid-eighties, the concepts behind it have been around in one form or another for ages - even in biblical times.

You can see evidence of the law in action all around you. Sayings like “birds of a feather flock together” is a common example. Your friends are your friends typically because you have things in common.

What the Law of Attraction means to you is that everything in your life (and everyone else) was attracted to you based on what you are putting out to the Universe via your thoughts. Your thoughts are “things” - energy waves, or vibrations, and are tangible. As you think something, you put that energy out to the Universe and the Universe responds by bringing something that matches that vibration into your experience in one form or another. The more you think it, the more you’re putting it out there, and becoming a stronger attractor to that vibration.

A common response I get when explaining the Law of Attraction to others is “but I didn’t want that and I got it anyway.” The point is that you were thinking about what you didn’t want - and therefore still putting that thought energy out into the Universe. The concept of negation (”NOT”) is a logical language concept and doesn’t exist in nature. There’s no such thing as a “not” anything in tangible form. In a previous post I talked about that further.

In an upcoming article we’ll talk in detail about how to use the Law of Attraction in your life.

By the way, if you haven’t seen The Secret yet, I recommend you go out and pick up a copy from your favorite bookstore or through Amazon.com.

If you happen to be in the Chicago area, Transitions Bookplace occasionally does screenings of the movie (yes, they carry it and yes, it’s probably in stock). Check their calendar for more details.