I am not a religious person however I am spiritual in my own unique way.  I believe in the power of positive thought and like attracts like. I believe that what you put out into the world you get back and what you focus on most you attract. So I finally realised that when I focused on my fears I only ever seemed to manifest them into reality and yet when I focused on the things that I wanted in my life I attracted those too. With all of this in mind, I set myself a mission that I was no longer going to let my fears rule my life or decisions and that I would only focus on what I wanted.

Every time I thought a negative fear based thought I would automatically focus on the opposite of that fear and almost say a little chant to myself about the positive outcome I desired.  It was also a kind of experiment. Could I actually get everything I wanted and needed simply by focusing on them enough to bring them into my path? If I just trusted wholeheartedly that everything is going work out and that if I believe I will receive?

So with my new attitude I set about planning my trip, I decided on a few key points of what I wanted to happen and then let things unfold. The first thing I needed to focus on was having more than enough money to take a five week holiday. This was particularly hard to stay positive about as I didn’t have any at the time. Unperturbed I continued to focus on having money and less on not having any. Over the coming months and with some hard work and sacrifices along the way my bank balance soon grew healthy again. I then decided on a few key things that I would like to achieve on my holiday i.e. like whom I wanted to visit and what I would like to experience.

The first person I wanted to visit was my very dear friend Angus in New Zealand. Angus had been my house mate in early 2010 when he received some devastating news. He was diagnosed with a brain tumour the size of three golf balls and had flown home for the lifesaving operations. After two operations and months of intensive rehabilitation Angus was now back working and creating a new life for himself. He had been bugging me for months to come over and I felt that this was the perfect opportunity to visit him and his family.

I wanted to try and surprise Angus so I contacted his mum Linda to confirm the dates I had in mind. The timing was perfect as she advised that the day I planned to arrive was in fact her first day of school holidays. Excellent, I was thrilled that I was finally going to get to see Angus again. I gave Linda the details of my arrival and departure and then I left the rest of the details up to her. I knew that whatever we did, it would be wonderful.

Until next time,

Janie xo