{"id":24415,"date":"2026-02-25T20:15:55","date_gmt":"2026-02-26T03:15:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thesecret.wpengine.com\/?post_type=stories&#038;p=24415"},"modified":"2026-01-24T20:16:18","modified_gmt":"2026-01-25T03:16:18","slug":"worrying-is-like-praying-for-what-you-dont-want","status":"publish","type":"stories","link":"https:\/\/www.thesecret.tv\/stories\/worrying-is-like-praying-for-what-you-dont-want\/","title":{"rendered":"Worrying Is Like Praying For What You Don&#8217;t Want."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Every night, I thought about how positive thinking and hope could change my life. I had nothing, and hoping to get a hundred dollars had become too difficult. Without my intrusion, my mind would always think of ways of getting that money. I simply had no control. What I actually did was tease my hope.<\/p>\n<p>One day, I started thinking about a million dollars and laughed. Actually, I had no idea how I would be able to get a million dollars, so dreaming about a million dollars became easy. I created a dream world for myself and dreamed about everything I wished I had. Things started changing after that, and now I am on my way to get my million dollars! Life has become damn easy.<\/p>\n<p>I am a below-average-looking girl, so I started thinking and walking as if I were a major model, and people were admiring me. And I became one.<\/p>\n<p>What you see outside is just a reflection of you inside. Just change one thought and see what happens. I was thinking that God or the Universe was not bothering with me. Maybe God created me and forgot about me completely, and that was why my life was like that. Now, I take input from my life. The clues are there. It is not like life is clueless. Every time I ask, I get exactly what I need to know.<\/p>\n<p>All I know is that God knows and remembers every one of us, and we are his priority. Just ask one random question, and don&#8217;t search for answers, like what the biological name of a mosquito is. The answers will reach you without your effort. But will it be worth knowing the answer?<\/p>\n<p>Worrying is praying for what you do not want. Believe me, it is 100% true.<\/p>\n<p>Now, I feel like my life is under my control. It is not a predetermined path or karma or whatever, and we have to take it like it is. Life is what we think and feel, and it is absolutely beautiful. It is so filled with wonder and beauty!<\/p>\n<p>Thank you, thank you, thank you!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Every night, I thought about how positive thinking and hope could change my life. I had nothing, and hoping to get a hundred dollars had become too difficult. Without my intrusion, my mind would always think of ways of getting that money. I simply had no control. 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