Ask, Believe, Receive

By Mary Hackett


          Vision boards, positive thoughts, and the positive energy we as people send out to the universe all come back in a positive way leading us to our success and what we want from life. That's the message that Sandy, a freshman at St. Thomas Aquinas College, recently presented to her speech communication  class.
          Sandy began her speech by introducing a famous actor and how he went from a broke man with dreams to a very popular man with millions. She went on to explain how the broke man one day wrote out a check for a million dollars and kept it in his draw to look at every morning when he woke up for motivation towards his goal of having a million dollars to be writing such a check out. “This actor is known as the famous Jim Carry,” she said.
           A lot of the class was amazed to hear that such a successful man started with nothing. Sandy then informed her classmates that the only way Jim Carrey got to such a high position in his career was through “The Secret.” The book tells people how to be more positive and that likes attract likes, so if you send out a positive energy to the universe that is what you will receive back.
          Furthermore, Sandy told the class, her dream profession in the future after college is to be a doctor, and she knows she is going to accomplish that goal because she is giving out the positive energy to the universe so  she will receive it back. "The Secret" taught her a method that she shared with the class. “The thing that helps me from day to day to not give up is my vision board, where I have pictures of being a doctor and the obstacles I need to face to get to that position,” she said. 
          Observing the class, it was obvious to me that a lot of people haven’t heard about this “secret” to life and were amazed by it. The three simple main tips Sandy told the class to act on were: “ASK” the universe what you want. “BELIEVE” you are going to get what you want. And just wait to “RECEIVE” what you want. This speech blew a lot of people out of the water and Sandy got a big round of applause and, hopefully, a great positive grade.