The law of attraction can be considered a rephrasing of "you get what you give".
You are on the right track, there.
Any negativity harboured within oneself towards the WAS will come back to us, whether it is conscious or not. What we focus on is what the universe gives back to us.
So consider... one might be focused on the WAS, except what we are putting out isn't love and affection, it's fear, uncertainty, and doubt... so that is what comes back to us...
One thing to also understand about the law of attraction is, what we put out will come back to us, just not necessarily from the expected vector / place / worldly source. Or put another way, what we put out generally, comes back to us from all sources.
It's an interesting phenomena to study. Start small and see what you get. And if/as it works for you, who knows...
