The law of attraction: what you pay attention to grows

May 15, 10:29 AMNew Thought ExaminerAlex Marcoux

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The law of attraction suggests that thoughts are all powerful and what you pay attention to grows.

Last week, as I was driving with my son in the passenger seat, I kept hearing him sporadically whisper. I didn’t understand what he was saying, but it clearly wasn’t directed at me, so I didn’t inquire, at first. He was studying cars as they sped by us, and while the 14-year old was silent most of the time, occasionally he whispered to himself.

“What are you saying?” I finally asked.

Just then we approached a sports car, and my son repeated the once hushed affirmation much clearer this time. He looked at the car and said, “I can afford that!”

“What?” I asked.

“I said - I can afford that!” he pointed at the sports car.

My son will be getting his learners permit in the months to come (OMG!). “Why do you think you can afford that?” I asked him.

“Because that’s what they suggest I should say,” he pulled out the book he was reading, The Secret by Rhonda Byrne. And within seconds he was reading to me,

Make it your intention that you are going to look at everything you like and say to yourself, “I can afford that. I can buy that.”

Leave it to my son to remind me our thoughts are all powerful and what we pay attention to expands. In that moment I was reminded of the economic downturn. There was a very practical and simple message for me. In the days that followed rather than choosing to worry about my dwindling retirement account and my line of credit the bank recently froze (because they believed my house’s value had plummeted), I chose to place my attention elsewhere.

Over the last week, as I looked around my house at the peeling exterior paint and the condensation between the window panes, I affirmed, “I can afford a new paint job. I can afford new windows.” Yesterday the appraisal on my house came in $60,000 more than the bank had estimated. My line of credit was reinstated.

Leave it to my son to remind me of the law of attraction and that what we pay attention to grows. Another 'baby step' we can all use to attract good to us.

So the question is, what are you paying attention to in your life?

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