So insulting!

We have a few friends that are really into 'The Secret'. I would like to just say plainly that I think that it's kind of crap. Not the being positive part or having dreams part, but the part that claims that all you need to do is be positive & you'll get anything & everything you so desire.

We were talking with one of our friends about life and he started talking about how all you need is to visualize your life & all the things you really want, blah blah blah. Then he started using Aaron (and our family) as the perfect example of positive thinking. "You wanted to be a teacher. You visualized your life & now you're a teacher!"

Can you believe the audacity of that? I mean, hello?? Where were you the 6 years it took to get there? Aaron was in college. It wasn't just positive thinking or visualizations. It was a hell of a lot of work!

I mean, was it just thinking happy thoughts that got all those papers written at 3 am? Good LORD! It is just so insulting!! And, really it's not just about us...I find it so insulting to anyone that has EVER worked hard to get somewhere in life. It's insulting to the people that show up to their jobs everyday to provide for their families!

Be positive, remind yourself of what you want, let that drive you to work hard or make the choices you need to make to get where you want to be. BUT, you don't get to minimize what others have done & sacrificed, just to delude yourself into declaring that it was just happy thoughts to make yourself feel better.