I didn’t realize I knew The Secret. Thirteen years ago, I woke up as a married woman with two kids, aged 4 and 1. I told my ex-husband that I wanted to go to America. Now, ten years later, I am living in America and have gone through a divorce. I started school to learn English, and next week I will graduate with a master’s degree in accounting. I kept telling myself that I would buy a house in Frisco, and I did. I got a job exactly where I had envisioned being a year before I actually secured the position. Now, alongside my job as a tax analyst, I have started my own firm. I truly believe that money is flowing to me.

My message for anyone reading this is: “Your thoughts will become things.” I’m Persian, and I remember my grandmother always reading to us. Rumi said it best in his “Masnavi”:

“Gratitude for power brings more power;

Entitlement takes the blessing away.”

He was a 13th-century Persian poet, mystic, and a timeless voice of wisdom. Even he knew The Secret.