Be Careful For What You Wish For, It Might Come True
Ever heard the saying "Be careful for what you wish for, it might come true"?
I didn't really put much thought into it really. I guess I always considered it to be good advice, but maybe not so much something that applied to me in my life. I mean I knew everything that I wanted out of life... or so I thought so.
Since I have begun to truly believe in the power of the law of attraction and being in complete control of our universe that we live in individually, I have started focusing on paying closer attention to what I am feeling and thinking at all times. When you put emotion into something that you desire, you will get results and as I have found out, those results can hit you like a ton of bricks if you aren't prepared for it.
I truly believe that we have control over every aspect of our lives and how they are lived out, but it can be difficult to control what we feel and think about subconsciously.
I can think back to many times in my life where I made a statement with so much emotion and conviction behind it that what I said eventually manifested its self into my life. When it did it was kind of shocking to me, because it was just in that moment that I believed with every ounce of my being that it would happen. Beyond that moment it was simply a desire that I really wasn't sure if it would happen or not.
Earlier this year I learned the hard way what it means to be careful for what you wish for. We have all seen movies base on this but they are usually so ludicrous that the advice isn't really taken seriously.
I lost my high paying job for no fault of my own early this year. Or at least I didn't think it was my fault. I mean, I was a very successful General Manager for a very successful chain of stores. I had the highest scores in the company in every area: Health Inspections- 100%, Building Inspection- 98%, Audit- 96%, Secret Shopper Yearly Average- 104.2%. That last one I was really proud of; I went six months without hardly losing any points or bonus points. I had more customer compliments that complaints, and the compliments were always from customers that mentioned they love my store because they could really tell how much the employees loved their jobs. I was making $12,000 more each year above my salary because of the performance bonuses my store was earning, and my raises were always the maximum possible. I was doing everything right. So what went wrong?
Well, I guess you can't really say wrong since it was something I asked for. You see last year the company was up in earnings yet they decided that they would cap the amount of a raise we could get each year. This upset me because I had a goal in mind and I had my future earnings all figured out in my head. I wasn't thinking about the positive side of this.
As I was speaking of this new policy to fellow co-workers, I just put all of my energy and emotion into stating that I would be leaving the company in a year and focusing on my own business. I had always wanted the freedom that an online business could offer me, but I wasn't focusing on it as much as I was focusing on the dream of it. We all know just how easy it is to get distracted.
Well long story short, exactly one year later from making that statement I was discharged from my company without just cause on their end. This showed me two things. One, that you can't rely on others for your income. A job can be just as unstable as your own business. Two, that we have complete control over our universe and our thoughts will manifest if we put enough emotion and feeling behind them.
So be careful for what you wish for, it just might come true when you least expect it to.
To Your Success,
Anthony
