Firstly I want to show my eternal gratitude to the whole team at The Secret for the magical things you have given me.
My
story starts back in 2004 when we were living in rented accommodations
with two kids, paying a hefty amount in rent each month with no
prospects of ever owning our own home. We both worked full time jobs.
With child care costs and daily living expenses, we never seemed to have
money left at the end of each month to put away, let alone go on
holiday or try and put a deposit together. It didn't seem to matter how
good my sales month had been, we were just treading water. All of this
started to put a strain on our relationship as my wife saw friends get
their first house or upgrade to a larger one. All while we just kept
paying the landlord.
In
2007 my wife came back from the supermarket and she gave me a
copy of this book called The Secret that she'd purchased. I had a brief
look and then put it on the side and continued with my normal daily
life. A few days later however, my wife said to me you've got to read
this, I think it's what we need. So reluctantly I picked it up and
started to read.
As
I began to read, and I mean really read the book, and take in it's true
meaning, I started to understand how this knowledge to could turn our
lives around.
We
started there and then to live by The Secret and use The Secret
principles. We developed a vision board and put all the pictures of the
things we desired on it. I printed The
Secret Cheque and stuck it to my bedroom ceiling where I would be able
to see it as soon as I opened my eyes in the morning and before I went
to bed each night.
Over
the next few months we were able to start saving money for a deposit.
We started to de-clutter our rented house in preparation
for the house move we knew would happen. We opened ourselves up to all
possibilities, and then it happened!
In
September 2008 we purchased and moved into our first own home together
and by then there were three children. So no more paying landlords and
finally something to show for all our hard work.
However,
in those next few weeks after moving in and being so happy, we made a
big mistake. We stopped practising The Secret. We thought we were done,
we thought we'd cracked the code. Don't get me wrong, we were very
grateful for what we had but we just went back to our old way of living
and things just bumbled on for the next few years.
By
the beginning of 2011 we were bursting to the seams in the house. The
children were growing
bigger by the day and needing more space. We had added a dog to the
family and it's fair to say I was carrying a fair amount of debt.
Something had to give. And then it did.
Mid
way through 2011 I found myself out of work and with only my wife's
salary coming in, things were not so good. We had the ever increasing
demands of the children, payments to credit cards, store cards, leased
car, mortgage, etc., that we were heading down a fast road to losing the
house.
What
was happening to us? How had we gone from having this great house, jobs
and other material things, to being in this situation? And then I
remembered The Secret and so I started to practice again
daily. I started to live by The Secret again, to turn our lives around
and I managed to find myself a new job which I started in February 2012.
So
things settled down and we managed to get the mortgage back on track
and pay the other monthly bills. All was OK. This time though I kept
practising The Secret. I purchased The Secret movie, I printed more
cheques, I said daily affirmations, I wrote down daily what I was
grateful for and so on and I just knew there was something bigger around
the corner for us.
In
December 2012 I was diagnosed with Malignant Melanoma and had a tumour
on my neck which was Stage 3 Cancer. However, did I let this get to me?
No. I did not. I just kept on practising The Secret as I knew and truly
believed all would be well. I knew there was something bigger around the
corner.
It
was at this point that my wife pointed out we may be able to claim on
our life insurance policy for my diagnosis under the critical illness
cover. So we applied and supplied them with all the information
required.
Five
weeks later I was paid £250,000.00. This was the exact amount I had
written on my first ever Secret Cheque back in 2007! Wow!
The
money enabled us to pay off all our debts including our outstanding
mortgage, go on a couple of holidays, give some away and have some
savings.
Fast
forward to now. We have since moved to a much larger house, have a very
happy and healthy relationship, three beautiful children and
still the smelly dog. At this point I would like to again say thank you
to all at The Secret, as without this book having come into my life, I
am not sure where I would have been.
My
next goal/vision is to bring The Secret and it's principles to as many
people as possible and I am currently working on ways to do that. Keep
positive, be gracious in all that you do and keep the faith.
Thank You.
The Secret. . . bringing joy to billions
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