The totality of who you are is what creates the signal that the entire universe responds to. Who and what shows up in your life mirrors back what you are attracting (law of attraction).
The idea behind the law of attraction is that if you think something, you will attract it. But that is not the case. The universe responds to how you FEEL, your thoughts drive what emotions come. So yes, what you think matters but what you feel as a result of what you think is where the real power lies. What we think and feel (the whole of who we are) creates a magnetic field that pulls to us (and into our reality) the sum of who we are (our personal resonance/quality).
Love attracts love…
Fear attracts things to be afraid of…
Joy attracts more joy…
Feeling anger attracts things to be angry about…
Forgiveness attracts forgiving people..
Happiness attracts more happiness…
Did you ever notice …
people that look for the good in others often find it?
when you have a bad day, it gets worse…a great day just gets better?
if you love what you already have, more of what you want shows up
if you feel lack, more lack comes
if you laugh, there are more things to laugh at
We can dissect the science, blame the world (or others) for our troubles or simply try using the law of attraction at the root (how we feel and who we are). When you try it, nothing in the world will be able to convince you that you don’t have the control. The results are hard to dismiss. You have the power to choose who you are going to be in every situation.
We may not be able to control every situation, but we can upgrade our response. With each upgrade, we improve our “attractor field”, until an entirely different field shows up in our reality of a higher quality (people, events and outcomes). You cannot get to where you want to be from where you are. You need to BE (in the present moment) that which you wish to experience before it shows up and from that place you draw it to yourself.
Simply put, if you want to feel peace, joy, abundance and wellbeing then you must “vibrate” those qualities NOW in this very present moment (before what you want shows up). That is really how the law of attraction works……at least for me! 
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