SuperDave has found the secret

[Kettricken]

See how congruent you're being with your sig line, HD?

This 'Secret' thing irritates the living crap right out of me. It's not so much the "attract good" part .... look at how SuperDave has actually put that into practice: "If for some reason you feel bad, find something that can change your feelings in an instant. In my case I imagine riding my old motor bike. It makes me feel excited and so in a mindset to receive good things.....I had pretty much become a grumpy old man complaining about everything all the time and arguing constantly with W. .... I have stopped bringing up topics of conversation based on complaining about things and instead I try to put a positive spin on everything....When an argument looks like starting I keep myself cool and don't get wound up. I lie in bed at night imagining myself living in an abundance of love and happiness instead of feeling sorry for myself for a lousy sex life and I'm certain that love and happiness will come."

All good stuff, at least up to the point of total delusion, and certainly worth a determined try.

No, my problem comes with the inevitable corollary: if people attract positive things to themselves with positive thoughts, then people also attract negative things to themselves with negative thoughts. Ergo, if anything bad happens to you, you brought it on yourself. Granted, sometimes that's true .... a bad attitude hardly helps with interpersonal relations, whether they be at home, work, or with yourself. But cancer (ok, maybe, but the jury's still out, innit)? Car accidents? Being outsourced? Domestic violence? Rape and murder????? Give me a freaking break. What a pernicious worldview.

Hissssssssss (feeling quite catlike today).

That said, Superdave, I don't mean to rain on your parade, and I'm glad you've found something that's making a positive difference for you.