Ok, that heading maybe misleading but it leads me into a pet hate of mine. This surfaced today but I have seen it many times before. It is a variation of the sinister chain letters that used to circulate in hard copy and have now transferred to the internet.
Essentially the email runs something like – do not delete this email/poem/story. Unless you forward it to at least 20 of your closest friends your husband/wife/kids/family/all that you love will meet a grisly death in the next 7 days just see what happened to people who deleted it. However if you do forward it, you will get an amazing piece of good luck etc. etc. You know the form.
Now, I hate these because they play on people’s fears and it’s completely bogus. However that isn’t the point of this post. It set me thinking that these things work for a couple of reasons. Firstly people think they may as well forward it “just in case”.
Secondly though, there is the recognition factor. “You will have amazing luck” – if you go looking for examples of that in your daily life I bet you will find it. You don’t need to be threatened by such a malevolent email to do that. Try it – if you believe it you will attract it to you and it is amazing what you will see.
The problem with this is the flip side. If you go looking for doom and disaster then guess what? You will find that too. However, this is a choice. You can chose what to look for and your life can be affected either way. Note that this is absolutely NOT a result of a sinister email but if we allow that to be the start it can have that effect. It reminds me of an example I heard many years ago in a comedy show. Apologies if I misquote:
“Walking under ladders is definitely unlucky”
“why do you say that?”
“My Dad walked under a ladder once, 50 years later, all his teeth had fallen out”
Depends how you chose to view things!
Tags: emails, fears, law of attraction, luck, secret
