The Power (2 page)

My thanks to lawyers Michael Gardiner and Susan Seah of Gardiner Seah; my deepest thanks to lawyers Brad Brian and Luis Li at Munger Tolles, for their guidance and expertise, for being a living example of integrity and truth, and for bringing positivity into my life.

To my dearest friends who continually inspire me to greatness: Elaine Bate, Bridget Murphy, Paul Suding, Mark Weaver, Fred Nalder, Dani Hahn, Bobby Webb, James Sinclair, George Vernon, Carmen Vasquez, Helmer Largaespada, and last but not least, Angel Martin Velayos, whose spiritual light and faith causes me to lift myself to new levels so that I can fulfill my dream of bringing joy to billions.

To my daughters Hayley and Skye, who are my greatest teachers, and who light up my life every single day with their presence, and to my sisters Pauline, Glenda, Jan, and Kaye, for their never-ending love and support through the good times and through the challenging times. The sudden death and loss of our father in 2004 led me to the discovery of The Secret; during the process of writing
The Power
, our mother – our best friend – passed away, leaving us to continue on without her and be the best that we can be, and to love unconditionally so that we can make a difference in the world. From the bottom of my heart, thank you Mum, for everything.

You are meant to have an
amazing
life!

You are meant to have everything you love and desire. Your work is meant to be exciting, and you are meant to accomplish all the things you would love to accomplish. Your relationships with your family and friends are meant to be filled with happiness. You are meant to have all the money you need to live a full, wonderful life. You are meant to be living your dreams – all of them! If you want to travel, you are meant to travel. If you would love to start a business, you are meant to start a business. If you would love to learn to dance or learn how to sail a yacht or study Italian, you are meant to do those things. If you would love to be a musician, a scientist, a business owner, an inventor, a performer, a parent, or whatever it is you would love to be, you are
meant
to be it!

When you wake up each day, you should be filled with excitement because you
know
the day is going to be full of great things. You are meant to be laughing and full of joy. You are meant to feel strong and safe. You are meant to feel good about yourself and know you’re invaluable. Of course there will be challenges in your life, and you are meant to have them too, because they help you to grow, but you are meant to know how to overcome problems and challenges. You are meant to be victorious! You are meant to be happy! You are meant to have an
amazing
life!

You were not born to struggle. You were not born to live a life where the moments of joy are few and far between. You were not born to toil in your work five days a week, with fleeting moments of happiness on weekends. You were not born to live with limited energy, feeling exhausted at the end of each day. You were not born to worry or be afraid. You were not born to suffer. What would be the point of your life? You are meant to experience life to its fullest and have everything you want and, at the same time, be filled with joy, health, vitality, excitement, and love, because that is an amazing life!

The life of your dreams, everything you would love to be, do, or have, has always been closer to you than you knew, because the power to
everything
you want is inside you!

“There is a supreme power and ruling force which pervades and rules the boundless universe. You are a part of this power.”

Prentice Mulford
(1834-1891)
NEW THOUGHT AUTHOR

In this book I want to show you the way to an amazing life. You will discover something incredible about yourself, your life, and the universe. Life is so much easier than you think it is, and as you come to understand the way life works, and the power you have inside you, you will experience the magic of life in its fullness – and then you will have an amazing life!

Now let the magic of your life begin.

“What this power is I cannot say; all I know is that it exists.”

Alexander Graham Bell
(1847-1922)
INVENTOR OF THE TELEPHONE

Life is simple. Your life is made up of only two kinds of things – positive things and negative things. Each area of your life, whether it’s your health, money, relationships, work, or happiness, is either positive or negative to you. You have plenty of money or you lack money. You are brimming with health or you lack health. Your relationships are happy or difficult. Your work is exciting and successful or dissatisfying and unsuccessful. You are filled with happiness or you don’t feel good a lot of the time. You have good years or bad years, good times or bad times, good days or bad days.

If you have more negative things than positive things in your life, then something is very wrong and you know it. You see other people who are happy and fulfilled and whose lives are full of great things, and something tells you that you deserve all that too. And you’re right; you
do
deserve a life overflowing with good things.

Most people who have a great life don’t realize exactly what it was that they did to get it. But they
did
do something. They used the power that is the cause of everything good in life …

Without exception, every person who has a great life used
love
to achieve it. The power to have all the positive and good things in life is
love
!

Love has been talked about and written about since the beginning of time, in every religion, and by every great thinker, philosopher, prophet, and leader. But many of us have not truly understood their wise words. Even though their teachings were specifically for people in their time, their one truth and message to the world is still the same today:
love
, because when you love you are using the greatest power in the universe.

The Force of Love

“Love is an element which though physically unseen is as real as air or water. It is an acting, living, moving force … it moves in waves and currents like those of the ocean.”