the secret.

I know The Secret.

Very recently, my dear friend, Lilli, introduced me to The Secret. The Secret is actually anything BUT secret. The author was on Oprah on two occasions. But I didn't see either because I work full-time and only ever can catch Oprah when I'm REALLY sick. But if you know The Secret or once you hear of The Secret, you will understand that OF COURSE I should hear of this through Lilli. It was The Secret in action! :-)

I feel I can tell you The Secret because when I googled it to find a link for you, it was all over the place so I'm not letting the cat out of the bag, and remember, it was all over Oprah!

The Secret is Laws of Attraction. Likes attract likes. That's it in a sentence but if you pick up the book (and I highly recommend it!), there is more to it and some good stuff to just kind of meditate on and ponder.

Now since I have come to know The Secret, I have realized just how present it is in my life, mainly since I started blogging.

Here's something I've been thinking about...

I've been blogging for over a year. Out of all the blogs I've visited and people who have visited my blog, about 15 people or so have surfaced who I completely consider "friends" even without having ever met! But then that process has started. I've already been lucky and have met two of them in person, Andrea and Claudine. So you wanna know how I met Andrea??? She was doing the Journal Your Christmas online class that I was doing which was hosted by Shimelle who lives in England. Andrea was the first to notice that we both lived in the Portland area and after some e-mail exchange, we realized we live approximately one mile from each other! How fun is that!!!

Another fabulous friend I'm going to get to meet soon is Lilli. She and her husband, Steve, are coming to visit and stay with me and my family in March. May I share with you people how absolutely thrilled I am about this!!!  And I am also making plans to meet up Jana in the Spring. And I know it won't be much longer before I'll also get to meet the sweet Malou. She lives in the same town as my sister so I know once I get my butt to San Francisco, I'll get to visit both of them (and Britex Fabrics!)

So I've digressed a bit from The Secret but I'll bring them together. Trust me.

So in the course of "meeting" people through blogging and comments, every once in awhile, there seems to be some comments and e-mail exchanges from people that are just a little bit more conversational. Have you ever noticed that? There's just some kind of connection. It's like we have always been friends and we are just now finding each other. It doesn't matter what our medium is or where our artistic interests lay. That's not what connects us. I think what connects us is that we have simiar energy and/or passion and/or similar life experiences. And another thing, (this part totally blows me away) I've noticed that the people I've connected with have ALSO connected with some of the same people I've connected with! Yep! There are distinct rivers of artists running through Blogland. I just think that is SO cool!!!!

So what are those pictures of the beautiful goodies at the top of this post? Just more of The Secret in action, is all!

Remember for Valentine's Day there was a wonderful project to giveaway a treat to our blogmates? My "Valentine" was Marlene Wint!!! She was kind enough to introduce herself and leave a comment on my blog and I drew her name for the little Valentine I was giving away, a pack of ephemera. Well, in yesterday's mail, she surprised me with this package of goodies. The journal is glorious along with all the stickers and decorations. There is also a handmade card and bookmark that are just so striking and elegant! Marlene, thank you SO much for your kindness and for sharing your art with me. I am so honored to be at your same frequency. :-)

So you see, dear ones, The Secret is alive and well and we have all been a part of it, whether we knew it or not! Hope you have a joyful day!

Comments

[Jana]

Ah, you've discovered The Secret! Almost 2 weeks ago (the 12th) we were at a friend's house, and after soaking together in his hot tub he played a little dvd he wanted us to see, and we were introduced to The Secret for the very first time! I've always sorta lived some of the things it talked about, but it was so terrific to learn more---especially the law of attraction! Since then I've put a lot of what I learned into practice and have seen some amazing things happen already :). Oddly, after that night I started to hear more about The Secret---mainly because soon after, as you mentioned Oprah did a feature about it (which I too haven't seen since I rarely watch tv.) I've seen others mention it in blogs, and am excited to think more people might be open to these concepts. Next is watching the dvd with my daughters.....

[andrea]

ok, I gotta go see what this is about. just this week you are the 3rd person who has mentioned it. maybe because of Oprah, I dont know, but it is very interesting....
and I know what you mean about blog friends, you would think it would be a bigger world. there is a community out there and I see allot of the same people over and over in it!
we are so going out for a beer soon and you can tell me all about the secret, OK?

[Mizsmoochielips]

I know exactly what you mean!!!! About the laws of attraction, about certain friendships formed and still flourishing via the internet, about going out for beer - oh wait, no. Wrong thought ;) The secret as you explained it reminds me of the old saying, Birds of a feather flock together.

[Lilli]

The Secret's out: Michelle in her infinite creativity and friendliness is attracting creative friends :)

[Sharon at Norah'S]

Yes, I'm attracted to you...you did count me didn't you? I've not heard about "The Secret" and now I must go investigate. Thanks

[tricia]

i love lilli's comment. so funny and true!

[Lisa]

Hey...you'll have to catch Oprah at night if you can't do it during the day. I saw the show on "The Secret" and found it intriguing. I thought it was a DVD and not a book...so glad I read your blog today...so of course I ordered it.

[Malou]

That's soooo cool, I agree w/these The secret stuff. You are so lucky to spend time w/the awesome Ms. Lilli and she get to meet the fabulous YOU!! Can't wait to meet you, too in person. I know it won't be long, I know we will meet!

[Ann(i)e]

I really must check out that book...sounds like my kind of read!
I am so glad to have "met" you through blogland and feel lucky to have a little piece of you in the form of the GORGEOUS journal you sent me!!!
XO

[Karin]

A friend of mine told me about The Secret about a month ago. She sells it at her store and she and her husband have been applying the principles ever since watching it and reading the book. I haven't had a chance to see it yet; but I did see the oprah episode. I so agree with you about blogland. It's amazing how we can extend our circle of friends with a keyboard and moniter. It's so much fun connecting with likeminded individuals who share the same passion of creating and art. Ok, this is getting long....:) I better go!