The “secret” Law of Attraction has been all the rage for several years. People look at it as a way to manifest what they want in their lives. They use it to manifest more money, their soul mate, weight loss, a new job, a new car and/or a new home. The Law of Attraction  does work as long as your beliefs are in harmony with what you want to manifest. What people who first learn about the Law of Attraction sometimes forget is it’s our thoughts and feelings that attract things to us. The universe always answers “Yes” to our feelings. If I constantly complain about how much weight I have to lose, the universe will answer “Yes” and I will continue to hold onto those unwanted pounds. The body would just be following my “orders”. If, on the other hand, I talk about all the things I have to be grateful for and that feeling of gratitude pours forth from my heart, the universe will answer “Yes” but this time it will give me more things to appreciated. It’s my positive emotion that will attract the positive experiences into my life.

The key to having more of what you want in your life is to focus on your thoughts, feelings, beliefs and actions. Make sure your thoughts and feelings match the results you want. If you want positive results, you have to feel, act and talk positively. If you want more things to worry about, focus on limitation, lack, illness or any other negative. And, you have to believe the Law of Attraction works to have it kick into action in your life. You have to trust it to work without you having to do any contortions. It's like being pregnant:  either you aren't. Either you trust the Law of Attraction completely or you don't. 

So if you are a believer in the Law of Attraction, add joy to life and you’ll experience more joy. What can you do today to add joy to your own life, to the lives of others, or to the world at large? Can you smile at a stranger, let somebody in front of you in the grocery store line if they only have a few items and you have a huge basket of groceries or compliment a family member on how well they did something. If your are expressing joy, you can’t also be angry because you can only focus on one emotion at a time and you get to choose which emotion that’s going to be. Choose joy!

To the extent that you add true, unencumbered joy to your own life, you more fully become the unique and valuable person that you are.  And, if you believe in the Law of Attraction, the joy that you add to the lives of others, comes back to you over and over again.

What makes you tingle with pure delight? What can you do right now to experience that joy? How can you spread it to others? Find a way, and you've tapped a powerful force that will bring abundant rewards.

Living with joy honors and affirms the priceless value of life. Celebrate and make the most of each moment by living and giving joy and you will truly know the secret to living a happier life.