Lumen

I worked as a criminal defense paralegal for 22 years, and am glad to help friends maneuver through the judicial system.  The past few months I’ve been juggling two friends, their appointments for probation intake, law enforcement interviews and counseling evaluations.  It’s the first time for both of them.  They were convicted of similar offenses, received similar sentences and have completely opposite attitudes.  Observing them act and react in their new situations has been an interesting display of law of attraction at work.

Domino had a privileged childhood and a college education.  I’ve known his parents for 35 years and he’s had a lot of opportunity. He always seemed to make poor choices and ended up in some kind of trouble.  He has4 children by 4 different wives.  He just came out of six months’ jail time where he felt he was railroaded by the court system.  They did him wrong!  It’s not fair! They are making him jump through hoops!  And the intake personnel?  Bitches!  You know the type.  Plus he can’t restrain his habitual arrogant and cocky remarks.  Serving his sentence, he spent his time ordering around his parents to keep his commissary account funded and run his personal errands.

Lumen, on the other hand, grew up in a working family.  They had their problems, but there was love at the core.  Lumen had to work hard for whatever he got and did without much, including higher education.  Ten years into an abusive marriage, he finally left after an argument in which his wife pulled a gun on him.  That evening turned into a drunken stupor which earned him six month’s time; reading his incident report, he was horrified and ashamed. Incarceration was the first time in years he’d had time t0 be alone with his thoughts.  He considered his life and saw he’d made wrong decisions.  Lightbulbs went off for him.  While he was inside he formulated a 3 year plan and clarified several goals. He listed everyone he’d wronged, even inadvertently.  He did a lot of apology and forgiveness work.  He was a compassionate listener to his cellmates and helped them reframe troubled times in their lives in light of new understanding.  Once he was out, he was genuinely grateful and appreciative.

The difference in these two attitudes reflects the law of attraction at work in the form of the difference in the outcome each received.  Domino was ordered to report to weekly probation, weekly counseling for anger management, daily meetings for AA and he has a curfew.  Domino  is furious over what he’s being made to do and the limitations he received.

Lumen, on the other hand, received less attendance time, but is not concerned with any perceived limitations, no matter what they are.  He figures it is what it is, and there’s no option to NOT doing what was laid out for him.  It’s a no brainer.  You designate a priority in your life and you work everything else around that, period, end of story.

You’re in charge of how you choose to act and react.  You’re in charge of how much resistance you allow into your vibration, and your resistance determines your outcome.  The power is yours.  All you have to do is remember and recognize you’ve got the power.