In his book Handbook to Higher Consciousness, Ken Keyes encourages readers to have ”preferences” over “addictions” on the path to happiness. He shares that when we are “addicted to outcome”, we experience negative emotions and encourages readers to just prefer.
I found this to be a wise practice if one is moving in the direction of creating a vision via the law of attraction. When I practice having preferences, I still feel peaceful regardless of the outcome. You can still have goals and work toward them, but we all know ya can’t control life itself! When your happiness does not depend on “having to have” a certain outcome, you can maintain a higher vibe of energy consistently – often attracting better outcomes.
Wayne Dyer, bestselling author of many great books noted once that he used to carry Ken Keyes’ book around with him. Personally, I ”accidentally” bumped into this book 10 years ago in Kansas City. In truth, I decided to politely ”break away” from 6 colleagues I thought quite rude to a homeless man on our way to lunch, then found this adorable book store to hang out in instead. I had a really interesting conversation with a stranger who directed me to this little yellow book – and its still one of my favorites! Don’t ya just love synchronicity?