I’ve been a believer of the Law of Attraction for many years – even before ‘The Secret’ became popular. I’ve studied it, practiced being more positive, learned to manifest some small things into my life. But I have never experienced the Law of Attraction as I have experienced it in the past few months. I’ve been on a wild and crazy journey since the beginning of the year.
It all began in December when I mentioned to my coach (the fabulous Linda Murnane Ryan) that I really missed being with my family around the holidays. She asked if I had ever considered moving to MN and selling my condo in CA. I told her ‘yes’ but in fact when I thought of it, I really never had thought of living in MN full-time until I was “retired”. I had always told myself that I couldn’t leave my therapy practice. What would my clients do without me and more importantly, 🙂 what would I do without THEM? How could I make a living without my therapy clients?
Oh, I had wished I could live at the lake more. I had even imagined what it might look like. But I had never passionately felt how much I would love it! Well, once that little seed had been planted, it continued to take root and soon I couldn’t imagine NOT living at the lake. I woke up every morning thinking (with excitement) about living at the lake. It started taking over my life and it’s all I thought about.
Linda asked me to write out a vision of living at the lake and how it would look on a daily basis. Who would I see? What would I be doing? What did my work look like? How did it feel to be around my family for the Holidays, etc. That’s when my excitement really grew. I still had no idea how I would live there full time or even what I would do with my practice, my office and my condo in California. It didn’t matter because I knew it would figure itself out. The Universe would help me. And that’s exactly what did happen.
Soon after the possibility opened up, a realtor who lives in my Association called me to say “if you’re thinking of selling your condo, now is a good time. We have lots of buyers wanting to live here.” Wow! That’s a clear message….
Unfortunately, the prices hadn’t gone up enough for me to sell my condo. I was momentarily bummed. But then I thought “I’ll rent it out”. Rents are ridiculously high in the Bay Area and I could cover my mortgages and the Association dues. Great! So I moved forward with doing some repairs and cosmetic things on the condo. (You know those things that when you’re living there, you can easily overlook.)
I then discovered that the Association wouldn’t allow me to rent my condo out because they have a cap on how many rental units they allow. I would have to go on a waiting list at number 14! I don’t think so. I admit to having a bit of a meltdown at this point. Fortunately, I have a great friend who doesn’t allow me to whine too long. So I called her and she said “OK, that’s too bad and now something else will come along”. She was right. Through some other events, I was re-connected with a realtor I used to work out with. Sandy ran some numbers and I found that the market had increased so much in the past couple of months since I first looked that I could now sell my condo and even make a profit. Yes!
Sandy came over to look at my condo and tell me what needed to be done to put it on the market. I worked hard with a couple of friends over Memorial weekend and got my place in order and ready to be put on the market. By that Friday, we had a Brokers Tour and 2 open houses on Saturday and Sunday. We received a few offers, accepted one, and my condo is now in Escrow until July 12.
I also was not able to get out of my lease at my therapy office. I really didn’t want to have to pay for an office every month that I wasn’t using. I kept telling myself (and writing it down) that someone would love my office and want to move in. Within a week, a therapist from upstairs called me and told me she wanted to move to a downstairs office and was told by the property management office that mine was available. She looked at it, loved it and will be taking it over.
I’m still amazed at how quickly this all came together. Once I had the idea and allowed myself to envision myself at the lake, seeing friends and family, coaching clients by phone or Skype, and felt how happy I was, it took off on its own. Like a freight train! I just had to get out of the way because things, people and situations were presenting themselves to me. All I had to do was say “yes”.
What are YOUR experiences with the Law of Attraction?
