The law of attraction

Our brains are intriguing. Today I have had as a constant ear worm the bass line to a new song we learned last night, only I wasn't even learning the bass line so why is that firmly lodged in my poor head?

Maybe it's because I need those notes in my life.

I started watching a curious documentary tonight on the power of the law of attraction. Some aspects of the programme I already ascribe to. I'm very much of the view that we have great power over our minds and our responses. That we see what we look for. There was a segment on how our day starts can set our mood for the day, if we knock over the alarm clock then stub our toe by the time we discover we're out of toothpaste we are of the mindset that the world is against us. Whereas a serene start can mean we're then able to shrug off an empty tube at tooth cleaning time.

I do believe we can make things happen with our attitude. This feels like a step beyond tho. The premis given is that we attract what our minds picture, so if we visualise success, that's what we will attract. If we imagine the worst, that is what will happen instead. I have my reservations and will see how the rest of the show pans out. I have concerns that the arguments could be used to victim blame, implying that responsibility could be attributed to recipients of crime instead of squarely placed on the perpetrators. And similarly that poverty, illness etc can be dismissed as people not trying hard enough, rather than a hard look at the systems of disadvantage in place.

Nonetheless it's helping me to get more in touch with my positive self, that knows I have a great contribution to make to our world and will keep being able to do that.