Mind over Matter

I've recently been reading The Secret by Rhonda Byrne, a book that orbits around the law of attraction. According to the book, our thoughts, attitudes, and unspoken/spoken fears and desires determine that which we have in our lives. For instance by thinking that there will be a bill in the mailbox, when I go to check my mail, I put myself on a negative frequency, thus bringing my fears into reality. It's like our brains are giant magnets; only instead of positive attracting negative, positive attracts positive and negative attracts negative. By these guidelines, anything that we desire can be ours if only we bring it into reality. But also, anything we fear can be brought into reality by dwelling on it, even unconsciously. This is the part that is hard for me to accept. I am sure that it would be to anyone who has had hardships in their lives. This universal law, held standard by Albert Einstein and Thomas Edison amongst countless others, says that my own thoughts have brought my hardships into reality. And the real kicker is that my obsessive thinking about the difficulties I've been having sets into effect a cycle of self perpetuated hardship. The only way for me to change the frequency of my thoughts is to think positive, speak positive, and believe positive. I don't know how I'm going to change my circumstances, that part hasn't exactly been mapped yet. Perhaps, armed with this ancient principle, though, I can give myself a chance at a better life. Here's to positive thinking.