Some Rebuttals To The LOA

I was thinking of a call I was on recently where some keynote speakers were giving their thoughts and beliefs of The Law Of Attraction.

I was shocked by a comment that children are born into abusive homes or to parents that are alcoholics etc... because they chose that before birth.

That is going a step too far for me. I do not believe we choose our parents and why would we choose to be born into abuse?

These children are victims of circumstance, born to parents that should have done the right thing and given them up for adoption where they could have had a good life. I take great exception to these speakers making such statements. That would mean that I chose to be molested as a young child by a family member or to be raped and almost murdered as a teenager. No one would make that choice.

To believe that we choose our parents would to me say that there is no God and I know there is a God and he has seen me through all that was wrong in my life.

I do believe that we must overcome what has happened in our lives and make ourselves a better person because of it. I know that I have and though I would not wish my experiences on anyone all these experiences made me stronger.

I said in a previous post that I have a goal of opening a shelter for abused women and that I had very personal reasons for wanting to do so. I also was in a very abusive marriage and I did not choose that either, yes I chose the marriage but the man never showed any signs of this until after our marriage. I lived on the streets with a young child to get away from it as there was no room in any shelters. It was a choice and I would make that same choice again.

All of these experiences made me a stronger person and lead me to the wonderful man I have been married to for the last 18 years. These experiences changed me in ways that I do not think I could ever make anyone understand. I have forgiven all that did me wrong and put it in my past where it belongs.

Though I believe that The Law Of Attraction works I also know that nothing comes to you without taking some form of action to make it work. You must know the opportunity when it presents itself to you and decide if it is the right opportunity and take action if it is the opportunity you are looking for.

I have taken action on the things I want to happen in my life. I write down my goals and keep them where I can see them every day. I keep them on the wall behind my computer where I spend many hours a day. When you have something in front of you each day not only do you see it but you begin to believe it and with that belief comes action to make it come true.

So yes the Law Of Attraction does work and you are the one that makes it work. No one can do this for you. People can be placed in front of you that will be of great help to you as they have with me but know them when you see them.

I have wanted to write a book my whole life. I have taken no action on this and I will not sit back and say well the LOA has not brought this to me. I have not written the first page so how can I know if I can be successful at this or not. I do write a lot such as poetry, short stories for my grandchildren that I am raising and in blogs. I have not started my book and I know now that the time is very near as I am older and very clear on what I want to write about. I want to share my life, the good and the bad with others and if in doing so I help one person then I will consider myself successful.

I am a very strong advocate of The Secret and the LOA but when it comes to people making statements like those I told of then I can not sit back and let anyone think that for one minute I believe that. I know that there were almost 20,000 people that heard the same thing I did and if they see my site or any of my blogs I do not want them to think for a minute that I believe we choose to be born to abusive homes or to be molested or raped. That is ludicrous.

I have done a lot of research and will be starting a book soon, I believe I will call it The Unsheltered Life. I would appreciate anyones stories that they would like to add to mine of bad childhoods, abusive marriages, rape, molestation by family members and how it changed their life and made them a better person and how they went on to be successful in life. I would like for millions of people to read it and know that there is hope no matter what and that someone loves them and will help them.

Cheryl