Why teens should use Law of Attraction to manifest goals

In today’s age of social media and self-absorption, teenagers could benefit greatly from using the Law of Attraction (LOA) to not only manifest their dreams but also get rid of superficial beliefs and more grateful in life. While this lifestyle would be difficult for today’s generation to accomplish because of the lack of gratitude in society, teens could benefit from practicing being more grateful for what they have and having a more positive outlook on life.

The Law of Attraction is centered around the theory that like attracts like — positive thoughts bring positive experiences and its the same with negative thoughts. This means that positive thoughts bring positive experiences into one’s life, and the same applies to negative ones. In other words, believe you will achieve what you want, and the universe will give it to you. However, if you have a negative mentality toward something, then time and time again you will attract the things you don’t want. 

Most people today know it from Rhonda Byrne’s hit movie and novel, “The Secret,” but the term “Law of Attraction” originated in 1877 in a book written by Helena Blavatsky, and was later articulated by Prentice Mulford in his novel Thoughts are Things. Today, famous people like Oprah Winfrey and Will Smith have spoken out about their own success stories that came from using the method.

To put it simply, the LOA says that you’ve been clowning yourself all these years by thinking things like “I don’t want to have school tomorrow,” because you’ll show up at school the next day with a bad attitude because that’s what you focused your energy into. What a bummer, right?

Luckily, the LOA is constantly in motion, which means it’s never too late to flip your mentality and have a more positive experience in your life. So rather than talking about how much you don’t want something to happen, try thinking about how much you want the opposite, positive outcome to happen, and theoretically you will get just that.

“The Secret,” says that you can incorporate this in your life by following three easy steps: ask, believe, receive. 

Let’s say you want a dog. According to the LOA, the first step is mentally asking the universe for it. Next, have faith that you will get the dog despite any doubts. After that, the LOA says that you need to be so sure that you will get the dog that you are already happy and thankful for it, in order to put yourself in the right vibration and attract it. Then, that golden-doodle you’ve been wanting since first grade will come to you when you’re least expecting it.

Part of the process of getting whatever you want is not only being completely thankful for the positive things you have in your life already, but you also have to practice being grateful to the universe ahead of time for what you will supposedly receive. Doing so puts you in the same “frequency” as whatever you want to have, putting yourself in the position to get it. This essential step in the process was the explanation I was looking for as to why everyone in the world wasn’t already happy, and especially aren’t today in the 21st century.

It’s easy to want something and to continuously think about how much you want it, we do that all the time anyway. Gratitude — specifically being grateful for something you don’t even have yet — is what sets the LOA apart.

As a part of a social media-oriented generation, I know how easy it is to focus on what I don’t have and completely ignore all of the positive things in my life already. Seeing social media influencers with expensive clothes and cars has made teenagers forget to be grateful for what they have. This results in unhappiness that will never go away as long as there is still a recurring desire to buy the next thousand-dollar shoe. Psychiatrists and philosophers all around have agreed on this, and it has been rooted in religions dating back thousands of years, like Buddhism and Hinduism.

Despite what you may think at first, you don’t need to believe in the LOA for it to work. It’s always happening and doesn’t have a biased opinion on your life. It just exists. The point that lifestyle bloggers and spiritual gurus alike are trying to get out there is how you can get it to work in your favor.

“The Secret,” says that you can incorporate this in your life by following three easy steps: ask, believe, receive. Let’s say you want a dog. According to the LOA, first you’d ask the universe for a dog, which you can do by writing it down or just thinking about it mentally. Next, believe that you will get the dog by ignoring your doubts and staying positive. After that, the LOA says that you need to be so sure that you will get the dog that you are already happy and thankful for it, in order to put yourself in the right vibration and attract it. Then, that golden-doodle you’ve been wanting since first grade will come to you when you’re least expecting it.”

From what “The Secret” has shown me, my generation, including myself, would benefit from using the LOA to become more optimistic and grateful for what we have. Whether the method really works in accomplishing your dreams or not, even just practicing gratitude could be life-changing.

I’ve seen so many success stories online, from YouTubers claiming to have used it to manifest money and Oprah Winfrey crediting her success to it. While I’m skeptical to believe every story out there, I believe that incorporating little pieces of the Law of Attraction, like choosing to focus on what you want in your life over what you don’t want, could be beneficial to anybody.