Three Steps Critical to New Year's Resolutions That Work

his is the time of year when many of us will make New
Year’s resolutions-some out of habit, others out of the
sincere hope to improve some aspect of life. Research and
experience tell us that most resolutions fail. Why is that?
There are many reasons-some quite obvious, such as not
really wanting to make the change-but one reason that
accounts for many resolution failures isn’t reported in the
general literature. When you try to make a change to a life
situation while violating the spiritual law of attraction
you’re bound to fail. You won’t find the law of attraction
in any scientific text (yet), but it is critical to any
change you wish to make in life.

In my words, the law of attraction is that we attract events
and circumstances that vibrate at the same or similar
frequencies we emit. All energy has an inherent vibration
frequency, like the pitch of a voice. Picture positive
events, thinking, and circumstances as high frequency
vibration-the treble-while negative events, thinking, and
circumstances vibrate at low frequency-the base. We
intuitively know this. When we’re feeling good, we often say
we’re high. And when we’re feeling bad, we usually say we’re
down, or feeling low.

For example, let’s say I resolve to lose 20 pounds. Why?
Well, I’m 20 pounds too heavy-a negative. By focusing on the
negative situation I wish to change, my thinking and my
emotions center on the negative and I naturally emit the low
frequency energy inherent of negativity. When I focus on the
negative, I attract more that is negative. That’s the way
the Universe works. Resolutions that focus on a negative
situation will only attract more of the same or a similar
negative situation.

There are three critical steps you must take to change a
life situation:
1. Acknowledge that you have the power to create the new
life situation you desire. This is important, for if you
feel powerless to make the change you’re contemplating you
will be powerless to make the change. Hoping you can stop
smoking is insufficient. You must know you can stop smoking.

2. Acknowledge that you want to change. This is your life.
The life situation you’re contemplating must be something
you sincerely desire, not something someone else wants for
you. If smoking is your issue, to say to yourself, "I’ll try
to stop smoking" is insufficient. You must commit to it.

3. To make a fundamental change in life, you must focus on
the positive aspects of the desired situation, not the
negative aspects of the current situation. By focusing on
the positives of your desired situation you will emit the
high frequency energy of positivism. And you will attract
the positive situations and circumstances of your
resolution.

If I’m to stop smoking, I must be able to see myself in a
positive way as a non-smoker. Not only must I visualize
being a non-smoker, but I must also be able to see myself
reaping the inherent benefits of not smoking: healthy lungs,
clean-smelling clothing, white teeth, unstained fingers, and
extra spending money. To make a change to your life
situation you must be able to see yourself-positively-in the
new situation. The law of attraction will then work for you.