The Power of the Universe in Me.. and Self-Help Books

Here is a story of my journey. My journey to learn about the universe and all its powers! If you are like me, you too have read countless Self-Help books. I remember when I first watched the documentary"the Secret" and thought "come on really? this is such a scam." Granted I only got through the first five minutes of it until I had to shut if off! My boyfriend and I just rolled our eyes and went back to our hardworking college lives. Fast forward a few years and here I am, an advocate of "MANIFESTING YOUR OWN REALITY!" Okay...okay...so not a complete advocate but I am definitely trying to shift my perception.

I first got really into Self-Help books when I got Kindle Unlimited and read Richard Dotts, "Playing in Space and Time." That book completely blew my mind! I then continued to read all his other books, also falling in love with them because they are all great! BUT as you know, sometimes life gets in the way, so..being me.. I got caught up in life.  With a new job and commuting and school and family and blah blah blah, life got tough. That is where my journey with the "Selp-Help" ended, for the time being...until very recently.

You know what they say is true, the universe IS constantly throwing things at you that you need! But do we ever stop to listen?...NO. We just simply continue with our egotistical lives focusing on all the unimportant things and wonder why things can't be different? Well HELLO! It can be different! We just aren't paying attention! When you start paying attention, you see all the little ways your life falls together in place, it's quite incredible actually.

Here is where I want to add...my life is not at all perfect (not now anyway *smerk*). I do have bills, debt, a studio that is way too tiny, etc. (In fact today I got charged $2500 on my credit card because a refund that I was supposed to get did not get authorized! I hate airlines!)

But anyway, when I sat down one day and listened to Pam Grout's suggestion to "list my blessings" (I don't think this was an exact quote but whatever you get the point)...guess what I found? I found that HELLO MY LIFE IS INCREDIBLE! I have so much to be thankful for! And you know what? Since that night, things started coming together. More glorious Self-Help books fell into my lap and THEY ARE AMAZING:

1. E-cubed, by Pam Grout
2. You are a Badass, by Jen Sincero.
3. Girl Code, by Cara Alwill Leyba.

Although these books are very different, their underlying idea is: LOVE  and RESPECT YOURSELF, SHOW GRATITUDE.

So here I am, starting a blog about my journey to connect with the universe. We will see how it goes but I know it will be great! My thoughts will become my reality =)

If you are reading this, I would love to hear about your journey as well so please connect with me and share your stories!

--Aartika =)