Change is perhaps the most sought-after goal in life. If we but had more money, more education, and less compulsion, could lose weight or stop smoking, be more popular and have more friends, and so forth, life would be perfect. Change is also perhaps the most frightening experience we can undertake. Change means giving up something, some belief, some habit, some pattern, some something. Change from the inside out can also mean great risk.

Genuine change often means letting go of acquaintances who hold different beliefs. It isn’t so much that we let go of them as they abandon us, for we no longer provide a sanctuary safe for “negative story” sharing. There are also plenty of naysayers. Like the smart chickens in the chicken house, they will tell you all this is nonsense. Some may even attack you with such words as hoax and fraud. Like most attacks, they are designed to produce feeling of insecurity, doubt, even stupidity.

Why is it that some people in life are always successful at whatever they set out to do, whereas others get left behind struggling in dead end jobs or unhappy life situations?  The truth is success isn’t something that just happens to people.  It isn’t a question of being lucky.  People don’t just stumble on a million dollars.

When you’ve hit the depths of despair, often you feel as though life holds nothing for you.  You’re drifting from one dead end job to the next and consumed by money worries.  Your wife may just have left you, your home is about to be repossessed and you’re scared your boss plans to fire you.

During life’s toughest moments, it’s extremely challenging to feel positive about the future, let alone next week or even tomorrow.  Yet some of the greatest visionaries hit rock bottom before finding the will and determination to climb the ladder of happiness, health, wealth and success to make their dreams become reality.  What they all had in common is the fact that they set goals for the future, helping them to create positive mental images of how life can be and give motivation to work towards it.

“If you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change.” Wayne Dyer

I recently watched the world renowned documentaries, “What the bleep do we know?” and “The Secret” for a second time after a few years. What a powerful reminder of universal wisdom! The creators of both DVDs certainly did a phenomenal job in communicating timeless knowledge in such a way that almost anyone is gently introduced to the greatest truths of our existence in a matter of a few hours.

If you haven’t watched one or both of these documentaries, stop reading this article and watch them NOW.

• What the bleep do we know?
• The Secret