Our lives are influenced by those around us and one undesirable habit we adopt is one where misfortune causes us to utter, “Just My Luck.” Have you noticed the more often we say “just my luck” the more undesirable things come our way?

From personal experience I can say this, it works. When I would express “just my luck” the Universe around me would respond with more events that would cause me to exclaim “just my luck” even more. When I discovered I was drawing all these events to me, I began catching myself when I would acknowledge something that I didn’t want with an affirmation like “just my luck”. For those with a puzzled look on their face, it goes like this.

We should all be familiar with rubbing a balloon across a wool sweater. The balloon creates and absorbs a charge in the form of static electricity. When the balloon is brought close to another surface it will cling to that surface like magic. That’s also how our thoughts operate since thoughts are electromagnetic and have been measured as such by science on numerous occasions.

So here we are reacting to an event we feel ungrateful for by expressing a thought that sets up a charge that will cling to whatever is being thought of. Thus more of what is not wanted continues to be drawn into our lives. It took me decades to realize that I had been the one bringing certain events toward me just because I was thinking about them in a particular way. Once I discovered this law of attraction, I would catch myself going to express the “just my luck” statement of approval of an undesired event and was able to shift my beliefs.

It wasn’t easy it first. It took many, many (many) months to begin purging the urge to respond in a way that would draw even more undesirable toward me. It also took me a long time to stop beating myself up when I would “fail” by voicing that statement aloud. But as time moved forward I would catch myself saying “just my…” then eventually shortened to “Just…” and finally scaled back to “…” until the reaction was replaced by a question.

“What was that all about?”

This apparently small shift in thinking began to affect what was happening around me. The charge I was creating began to change and many of those undesired occurrences began to subside greatly. By acknowledging the event as nothing more than an experience, I was able to let go and realized I didn’t want any more of that kind of example. This change in reaction to an action didn’t eliminate all undesired events around me but I noticed the rate dropped enough that I don’t have any desire to express “just my luck” anymore. I can site an example from my own life as I shifted away from that departing mindset.

I work part-time in retail. Early on I would have to assist customers who, at times, were the most difficult people to enter my life. It took great restraint to keep my feelings hidden and I would help them as quickly as I could then send them on their way out of my area. But as I began shifting, a curious thing began happening. I hardly ever got difficult, angry customers anymore. I don’t even consider that I would have to deal with people who are so upset with their own lives that they want to share that frustration with the rest of the World. My charge changed and I don’t draw that kind of energetic charge toward me anymore. In fact the charge I attempt to carry daily might even repel their energetic charge, similar to opposite poles of magnets that repel one another.

It took time but was well worth it. From my experience I can say more positive things are now coming my way than negative. This Random Thought is being shared today for some who may find this missive and discover value in the information shared here. If you are one of those people, all the best to overcoming that habit that holds a thought process in bondage. It can be overcome and at first it may not appear anything is happening just as a frozen river appears to be unmoving. But under the surface things are happening it’s just that it takes time for the thaw to occur when action will be observed to the effort that has been put into the change desired. Don’t give up. It will happen. You’ll see.