Ask for a cat and the Universe will burn down a house

One of my goals for this year has been to acquire myself a kitten, and it seems that the Universe has been listening.  

The other night my Mum received an email from her friend, saying that she was moving out of her house for three months to rent it out to a family who need a place to live while they rebuild their fire-damaged home.  To accommodate this family, my Mum’s friend was trying to find homes for her animals, and wanted to know if we could house her new kitten.

The Secret does say that if you ask for something, and believe it is yours, the Universe will move people and events to bring it to you.  But really Universe, did you have to burn down someone’s house?! Couldn’t there just have been a Free Kitten Day at a pet store or something? 

As it turns out, the people moving into the house are going to look after the kitten, but I think this was simply the Universe’s way of reminding me that it is working on my side.  I just have to believe that the things I want are on their way, and the Universe will find a way of getting them to me.

But please Universe, don’t burn down any more houses.

It's a fun Secret

Life has been pretty good for me lately.  I think that comes down to me doing exactly what The Secret has been telling me to do, and that is to have fun.  A few weeks ago I realised how incredibly bored I was; I had become some sort of machine that gets up in the morning, goes to work, comes home, goes to sleep, wakes up the next morning and starts the cycle all over again.

From my experiences last year, I know that boredom causes me to be dissatisfied with life, and as I know how the law of attraction works, I know that thinking dissatisfying thoughts will attract more of that into my life.  And I have worked far too hard over the last few months to plummet right back to where I was when this all began.

The Secret tells us the importance of having fun and doing what we love.  It specifically says “if it ain’t fun, don’t do it”, and “do the things you love that bring you joy”.  So for the past week I have made a real effort to break my routine and find the time to do things that I enjoy.

I know it probably seems really obvious, but this really has made a huge difference to my life this past week.  I’m in a better mood, it’s easier to get out of bed in the morning (marginally easier, but I still reckon there’s a difference), people are nicer to me, time moves faster while I’m at work.

There are people out there who will tell you The Secret is a load of baloney, a bunch of new-age rubbish.  I know this is not true, but even if that was the case, what harm could possibly come from having a positive attitude?

Secret clues

I have some exciting updates relating to my goals for this project.  My number one goal - to get a good job - was partly achieved earlier this year when I was recruited by a temping agency and placed in a two month long position within a fairly well known organisation.  I've been in that same position now for three months, and they've just offered me further work for the next year.

To begin with, I wasn't sure that I was going to accept this further year of work.  The type of work that I'm doing isn't really what I want to do, and to stay there for another year would put me another year further away from the job that I really want.

When you're clued up on The Secret and know a little bit about the way the Universe operates, you start to notice signs where before you might not have.  While I was thinking the offer over, my boss took me aside and said that he's been thinking about my qualifications and the area that I really want to be working in, and that if I do stay on he would talk to the manager of the Communications department to see if he could arrange for me to get some work experience.  Sign number one.

The same day I was offered this extra work, I received a call from a woman working for an organisation that I had applied for a job at.  The message quite bluntly stated that I wasn't right for the position, and my application had been "denied".  Sign number two.

I started thinking about these things, and realised that the Universe is trying to point something out to me.  All the pieces are being lined up for me to accept this job, and eventually this will lead me to where I really want to be.

So I think I can officially say that goal number one has been achieved.  Goal number two - to find myself a house - is already beginning to take shape.  Although after four years of living in houses so cold you can see your breath while sitting in your lounge, I'm thinking that living at home where it's warm and dry might be a great idea over winter.

It's July now, which means this is the last month of my Secret project.  In honour of this I watched The Secret on DVD yesterday.  Soon, I'll be updating my Things to Achieve with the very last set of tasks, and it'll be a busy month as I attempt to achieve the final things on my list.