recently i borrowed this book called 'The Secret' from my colleague prakash and it kinda changed my thinking and mentality towards some things in life.

'The Secret' has been on the bestselling chart for months and had been translated into many languages to benefit millions of people who bothered to read it all around the world. For my friends who do not like to read, i'll write a short explanation on how i interpreted this book.

What is the Secret? The secret is actually not something new, its just simply 'the law of attraction' - how positive thoughts will attract positive things in life, and how negative thoughts will make negative things happen to you too.

Heaven will always give you what you want and how you attain it will be how your mind convey your wishes to heaven.

1. Your mind will always only register the key words in your mind ~ take for example, you may be going to the hairdresser and thinking 'I do not want a bad haircut' and for god knows why 'You will have a bad haircut' because your mind only registers 'bad haircut'!

Do you often wish that something doesnt happens to you and almost always it does? When i was in school, i always wish that my teacher wouldnt call me to ans questions and she almost ALWAYS calls upon me! Thats how it works, you must always wish for good things ~ wish and believe that it will happen and it will.

2. Believe in it. You cannot be wishing for a promotion and yet thinking 'cannot be me one la, how can i be so lucky...aiya..' then it will not be you. Because heaven would think that you yourself didnt want it. Whatever you wish for, you must always believe and imagine that it will happen to you.

3. Sometimes your wishes may be delayed because heaven gives u some time to think about it again. I guess everyone goes through the phase where you badly want something....but after a while, you may not want it anymore. In my previous relationship, i went through a bad state of denial and i really wanted the relationship back... but when i thought about it now, i'm glad that we didnt got back together because it would be even more miserable for me. So when things do not happen, do not blame it on anyone else. Instead, always focus on the positive thoughts and maybe after a while, the answers would be clearer to you on why some things happen and some things dont. It may really be for your own good.

4. Always be positive and focused. Have you noticed that positive people will attract happy friends and vibes? i have a colleague at work who is always in a 'i am very sian...everything very stupid..mode' and i really dun like to work with him. his answer to questions is always 'no' and he is 'always very sian', 'no mood to work'.. until i dun even like to talk to him. i think no one will ever like to be with depressed or moody people for long periods of time. So change your thinking, be positive, smile, learn to appreciate nature..admire the flowers on your way to work, smile at the bus driver.. thats what i do each morning i go to work. How you start your day will half determine how the rest of your day will be - so why not start on a positive note.

5. Always have happy thoughts on hand.  Think of 5 happy things - it can be your favourite song, your favourite person, a funny incident, a funny movie you've watched, your pet..something that will bring a smile immediately to your face. Whenever you have any unhappy thoughts, switch to these thoughts immediately! Do not allow bad/unhappy thoughts to stay too long because it will just create negative vibes and affect yourself and the people around you.

All these are just short excerpts frm the book that i thought would be useful and easy to practice. I know its not easy to be happy everyday. There is too much expectations and stress all around us that its really not easy to please and make everyone happy. But the least we can do is to create the happiness ourselves instead of waiting for others to give us the happiness, we can take the initiative the spread the happiness instead. Just hope that this post will leave a positive impact on people who reads it.

Always remember that no one owes you a living, you can face everyone with a 'you owe me a million bucks face' and people can choose not to give a damn abt it. You have a choice what kind of face you want to show people everyday and what kind of impact you want to create in people's lives. At the end of the day, this is a free world.