The Secret

In addition to reading A New Earth, I also recently read The Secret. I’m still on the fence regarding whether or not it really works. I read the many criticisms and reviews of the book. I haven’t tried the methods out yet to see if they really work. But I plan on conducting an experiment to test the validity of the author’s claims. I’m going to start small, like the author suggests. Or maybe I should start big, to sufficiently test the claims of the book. For the last 19 years, I have wanted a motorcycle. On several occasions, I was extremely close to getting one but something always went wrong. I think that would be a sufficient test. It’s never been a better time to own one. I will start concentrating on a Honda Nighthawk. It has 250 cc engine and gets phenomenal gas mileage. And only costs about $3,700 brand new.

The reason I’m not so quick to dismiss the claims made by the book is that I have actually experienced this phenomenon recently. I was blogging about Stephen Covey’s 7 Habits book and it occurred to me that my copy is so worn out from being read so many times that all the pages have separated and are falling out. I thought about buying a new copy but even after all this time, it’s still expensive. A few days later, I went with L to a library book sale and found a mint condition copy for 50 cents. Coincidence? Good luck? I don’t think so. There’s more to it than that.