THINK BETTER, FEEL BETTER

Thoughts are like Magnets

People are often referred to as some type of magnet: creep magnet, babe magnet, lint magnet, money magnet, stray animal magnet, bad luck magnet, etc.  There are two definitions of the word ‘magnet’.  The first is on a lot of our refrigerators.  The second definition is ‘one that attracts’. 

Refrigerator magnets can ‘pick up’ or attract objects independently or at the same time.  A giant magnet can pick up an old beat-up car in a junkyard or a brand-new one in a parking lot.  The magnet doesn’t care what shape, size, age or how ugly the object is.  If the magnet is near it, it’s going to pick it up.  The magnet is ‘programmed’ to pick up or attract things like itself and ignores everything else. 

Magnets attract based on their energy composition, and so do we.  Instead of iron or steel, our thoughts are the raw material that enable us to ‘attract’.   

In the previous chapter you learned that good-feeling thoughts attract good-feeling thoughts, and bad-feeling thoughts attract bad-feeling thoughts.  This occurs because thoughts translate into energy.  Good-feeling thoughts have a different energy frequency than bad-feeling thoughts.  Both have the ability to attract!

One thought, whether good-feeling or bad-feeling, does not cause you to attract something tangible.  But as you focus your thoughts on it, you begin to attract more thoughts like it. 

You are not ‘accumulating’ thought, but rather training yourself to consistently select certain kinds of thoughts.  And we tend to revert back to what is familiar, even if it is inaccurate.  It is similar to following the same road everyday.  You have not ‘accumulated’ the road, but rather developed a tendency to drive in that direction.    

It is the tendency to think a certain way that becomes the basis for what you attract in your life!  We pick up tendencies from our personal experiences plus the ‘advice’ or experiences of others.  For example, if you have a tendency to think, “If I want something done right I have to do it myself,” your magnet is mostly set to attract people who won't do the job right.  You’ll end up doing it yourself, or doing the job over.  It doesn't matter where you picked this up, all that matters is that now it is your thought tendency.  The same principle applies if you have a tendency to think you will find bargains.  Your magnet is mostly set to attract bargains.

Thought tendencies have other labels.  We also call them habits and beliefs.  Regardless of the terminology, they all boil down to thoughts we keep thinking, or thoughts we have accepted as truth.  And thoughts can be changed! 

No two people attract exactly alike because no two people THINK exactly alike.  What you attract is the result of your thought tendencies!   

It is hard not to look at someone else’s life and say, “That terrible thing happened to John Doe, and I am worried it might happen to me.”  But without knowing everything John Doe thought or believed, you don't know why he attracted what he did – you don't know what his magnet was set on.  All you can do is speculate on the cause.  And often the information available to speculate on is incomplete, doesn't make sense or is inconsistent.  This just makes you feel vulnerable.