Only you can? Aren’t you going right back to blaming the victim? We are human, we live in communities, we also need to have a few things break our way. What’s going on around and to us has everything to do with how we feel about it.

A buddy of mine walks unsteadily because some fucker attacked him with a hammer years ago. He rides a bicycle albeit rather slowly. He doesn’t go around feeding sorry for himself but he also has a social network for support despite being old (like me) and living alone. (Unlike me.) Anyway we are creatures of the world, human consciousness can only exist in a state of entanglement with the world.

I have another friend who is totally sold on The Secret but her life situation is such that she simply can’t lose. She thinks it’s because of her positive attitude. Who could have anything other than a positive attitude when they are in basic good health, have friends, grandchildren, and naught to do but shop?