The Magic Day 15: Magically Heal Your Relationships This is a very sweet chapter. I guess this chapter is best for people who have been divorced or separated. Basically this chapter explains that looking for the good that the other person has done to you will heal your relationship. Lets say you're divorced and you want to heal the pain of the divorce, this chapter asks you to list down 10 things you are grateful for about the other person. This is quite difficult when you're at a time in your #life when you are angry with the other person, but then again that is the best time you should do this. When we are angry, when we are in a difficult relationship, when we are in a challenging situation, we are never the least grateful for the other person. Our mind and emotions are preoccupied with anger, hatred, blame, disappointment, disapproval and all those negative things. The more you blame the worse the relationship gets. This may be applied to any relationship: boyfriend-girlfriend, father-daughter, mother-son, coworkers, classmates and so on. I had to choose one broken relationship in this chapter. It stated that it doesn't matter if you can still contact the other person, just choose one relationship that needs healing. In my case I chose my brother, who I am not talking to. He is 2 years younger than I am, he's married and has a 4 year old son. My brother, his wife and his son, live in the same house I live in. I haven't spoken to him in the last 2 months. We got in an argument about house expanses and it just got bad. So I chose him for this chapter. Now I had to think of 10 things that I am grateful for about him. THIS WAS TOUGH! To be honest I don't even care if we talk coz I don't really need him or anything. BUT catholic guilt just made me uncomfortable yet again, so I was going to try this "heal your relationship" thing with him. I finished the list and reread it. Its kinda funny reading it coz it sounds so sarcastic! But at least I was able to finish it. Oh to add my brother and I were never really close even if we all live in one house, went to the same school and all that. I guess we are just very different, plus I don't really like his wife. Its nothing personal but I find his wife shallow, self centered and fake. I rarely talk to her as well. I am grateful that you take care of yourself so I don’t have to take care of you I am grateful for your son because I have a nephew I am grateful for you staying at home after you got married after dad died for togetherness I am grateful for you playing with me when we were kids because it was fun I am grateful for not being able to see you at home coz you work to avoid confrontation I am grateful that your son is your priority so we don’t have to worry about him I am grateful that you keep to yourself because its easier to deal with you I am grateful you like to go out of town for long weekends because I like staying home I am grateful that are simple because its admirable I am grateful you love daddy because I love him too I meant everything I said on that, I was not being sarcastic. At the end I didn't feel as bad towards him. Plus I need to move on from my anger, if we don't talk ever its fine as long as I don't feel anger when I see him. My anger harms MY #life not his. The book mentioned that in the future if I come across situations like this again I have to do this magic practice immediately, before it gets bigger.

The Magic Day 14: Have A Magical Day THIS IS AN AMAZING CHAPTER that I can attest WORKED for me! You simply start your day thinking of what you are going to do during the day and say THANK YOU as if it went perfectly even before you've done it. This was fun doing! I usually have a scratch paper where I put in the things I need to do the day. In this age of computers, I still prefer writing things down like a to-do list. From chores, to work stuff, to people to call or whatever, I write it down and cross whatever I have accomplished throughout the day. It has been a habit of mine to organize my day by step by step writing down what I need to do then compartmentalize it per area. If I go to the bank, I put down all I need to do in the bank, every single transaction I put it down step by step. If I have to go to the mall, I think back and write down every single thing I need to do in the mall, and add a few things I don't need to do on that day but might as well do it since I'm at the mall already. Thinking of what I was going to do today was easy, since I already know it. Thinking how it would go through perfectly is extra fun. This actually psyches you into thinking you will have a great day! I had to think of the things I will do during the day and be grateful as if it happened perfectly. I had to visualize that each thing I had to do, was going to be magical and say THANK YOU FOR IT as if it was done. Then after I go through what I have to do in my mind and being grateful for it, I also had to add and say THANK YOU FOR THE GREAT NEWS COMING TO ME TODAY. The book said this attracts pleasant surprises or great news....I did this all and it made me feel amazing! I have some issues with a government office, I was being penalized for a mistake I made, something to do with government mutual housing, similar to social security but more on housing benefits. Today, I was suppose to go and talk to them and submit additional forms, where they will base my penalty. I was being penalized for failure to register my employees. I did not register them because they were all part time and we were a small business, plus it was not mandatory (or so I thought). I was being penalized from 2006 to 2012, PLUS arrears! To make it clear, its like being audited and being penalized. Would you believe as I was talking to the head of this government office, she told me that I was lacking documents from 2006 to 2009 and that they needed it to process my fees. I did not submit these 2006-2009 documents and made an excuse that I was flooded and the documents were lost. This posed a problem to the person I was talking to since she had a deadline that she had to meet about my assessment of penalties. To make a long story short.... In the end, THIS IS A MIRACLE, she mentioned to me that registration was MANDATORY in the year 2010. If I can submit an affidavit that my workers do not fall in the salary bracket for compulsory registration in those years, I WILL NOT BE PENALIZED. I had proof that our workers do NOT and never was above the bracket where I should've registered them in this government housing fund office. All I had to do was submit an affidavit attesting that my workers from 2006 to 2009 do NOT need to register since their salaries were not within the bracket needed to register! OH MY I WAS SO RELIEVED! Now I will be only liable for years 2010-2012! WHAT A MIRACLE! WHAT A MAGICAL DAY! I was so happy when I got home, so insanely drunk with relief and happiness!!! This day made me feel happy, relieved and that I actually got a break! I missed that feeling so much.

The Magic Day 13: Make All Your Wishes Come True The title itself made me so happy! I was so excited reading this chapter! It was tougher than I thought though. I had to list down 10 desires. Thinking of the top 10 desires sounds like a walk in the park, but actually, thinking of your top 10 desires is tougher than you think. BUT the good thing about this... YOU THINK about it. You actually reflect and wonder and solidify what you really desire. The chapter said gratitude is something you must have before you can receive. This bothered me a lot. How can I have gratitude for something I don't have?? Well the chapter explains, that for you to receive your desire you must be sincerely grateful for your desire BEFOREHAND. You must immediately, in your mind, form an image that you have it and feel that you have it. I guess The Secret fanatics have this down! Imagine the feeling you get when you get what you desire. Hold on to that feeling and you have done your part... that what the chapter said. What I love about what the chapter said is... YOU WONT KNOW HOW you'll receive it and its NOT YOUR JOB to figure it out. Isn't that amazing? All you have to do is imagine that you have what you wanted and feel that you have it. That's it! I'm starting to talk like a crazy person again sorry. As the book often states.. like attracts like, you must form in your mind a likeness or image of what you want, then to attract your desire to you, you have to feel as though its yours, so that how you feel is like how you would feel if you got your desire. I have no idea how science will explain this but for most people this actually works. I hope it works with me... or better yet.. YEAH THIS WORKS WITH ME! So what I did was write down the top 10 things I desire in my #life. What I wanted in my #life basically. Its fun when you're half way and seeing what you've written, but the start is sort of like having writers block. This of course made me realize I do NOT know what I want in #life, well not with certainty. I have concepts like happiness, joy, riches, comfort etc... but writing it down more detailed was quite challenging. This is what I came up with... after 2 revisions. I wrote it the way the book wanted me to write it. I'm not embarrassed to share although I'm fearful some might find it shallow or weak. BUT I'm a work in progress: Thank you thank you thank you for my perfect boyfriend who I will grow old with and we will live a happy content fulfilled #life together Thank you thank you thank you for being able to work a great job and live a wonderful #life easily in NYC legally Thank you thank you thank you for peace of mind, serenity and being joyful day in and day out Thank you thank you thank you for great healthy for me and my love ones Thank you thank you thank you for Handiwork running smoothly and very profitably giving me lots of money and free time to do what I want Thank you thank you thank you for at least P100,000.00 income monthly which I can save or use as I please Thank you thank you thank you for more loving sincere thoughtful and generous friends Thank you thank you thank you for being a source of joy, happiness and inspiration for a lot of people and friends Thank you thank you thank you for being physically, characteristically and personality wise attractive to others Thank you thank you thank you for an amazing, easy to please and generous tenant for the eastwook unit and other properties After I had my list done. The chapter told me to saturate each desire with gratitude. Thank you thank you thank you for (insert desire here)....... while imagining, I have to think that I already have it, visualize it in my head that I have it and FEEL that I have it. Feeling you have what you desire makes you feel so grateful. There were guide questions, in helping how to imagine that, you have what you want.... which was very helpful. It was really fun visualizing and imagining it. You actually feel a lightness when you do this practice. Next step crossing out what I already got wooohoooo!

The Magic Day 12: Magic People Who Made A Difference People come into our lives. Some stay a long while, some for a few minutes. Some people who stay a long time has made a difference in how and who we are now. Some people who you just met for a few minutes can also change your #life dramatically. It doesn't matter how long people are in your lives, they can make a huge difference. That what this chapter says. The practice for this chapter is a bit reflective. I had to take some time and think of 3 people who have made a difference in my #life. These are the 3 Magical People. I choose my mom, even if we have an extreme love hate relationship. The second one was the friend who gave me this book and the third is my best friend back in college who lives in a different country now. I had to talk out loud and say the reason why I'm grateful for them. The book did not say that I had to tell them but I took it a step further and wrote it down which the book allowed me to do... yes I like to do things by the book! I chose to write it down for 2 reasons. Talking out loud to no one will make me feel more of a nut case than anything and I wanted to email what I wrote to them. As not to scare my mom into thinking I'm dying, I did not send her my email of gratitude for affecting the course of my #life, but I sent my 2 friends the things I wrote down why I'm grateful for them and how they have affected the course of my #life. After writing the things I'm grateful for and how they affected the course of my #life POSITIVELY, I felt really happy, I felt really grateful having them in my #life. This chapter worked alright! Now I'm just waiting for the second effect of gratitude which is attracting wonderful things... I guess I have attracted wonderful things, I'm probably just not too conscious in seeing them.... I'm still a work in progress... but progress none the less. Come to think of it from being a very negative dark person, I've come a long way, a huge reason for that is this book. I used to be like hmmmm a mixture of Ally McBeal, Juno and Merideth Grey.. the sarcastic, dark, everyone is happy but me emo type. As much as I want to be a sunshiney, cheerful and a bright person... the type which I usually insult every chance I get and try to break down, I wanna be like them...I'm slowly changing by being grateful for what I have and will have. For those reading this, my #life has so many issues on top of each other now and I'm slowly getting over them, some Ive gone through with flying colors since I started this MAGIC book. Its tough solving #lifes issues with a negative heart. If you have problems and issues bothering you and you think that the universe is conspiring against you... STOP thinking that and as hard as it may seem at first... Look at the bright side and consciously look for things to be happy about and grateful for. If you do this it is easier to get through #life.

The Magic Day 11: A Magic Morning I had to read this chapter a day before (as instructed on the last part of the chapter before this) because the moment I wake up I have to say the words THANK YOU! It makes sense to be grateful for the day. I guess this chapter was meant to teach you to appreciate the little things we take for granted. I had to say THANK YOU the moment I woke up and say thank you again the moment my feet touch the floor then say THANK YOU for everything I touch and use to get ready for the day... I kinda failed for a couple of minutes... I woke up and did not immediately say the words THANK YOU... wanted to sleep again, while snoozing I remembered to say THANK YOU. I went back to snooze, as I got up from the bed I put my feet on the floor and made a step and failed to say thank you, then I remembered... this seriously made me trip because I wanted to follow the books instructions word for word so I tried a "rewind" and back stepped, then realized how stupid I was for trying to cheat with a "rewind", so I tripped a bit. Some assignments in this book really make me feel like a nut case but it seems to be working. As I was getting ready for the day, I had to say thank you for everything I touch and use. Its actually a good practice but hard to do when you're groggy and just woken up. I said thank you for having water to bathe with, said thank you for my tooth brush, for my breakfast, for the soap, shampoo, towel.. name it I said thank you for it. The mechanics behind this and to make it easy for you to feel gratitude is... imagine if you didn't have the things you touched and used to get ready for the day. Imagine you had no water, imagine you had no soap, no towel, no toothbrush. Thinking that would really make you feel grateful for everything I mentioned. I will try doing this practice daily... if I remember. But I think its just a matter of habit. So tomorrow when I wake up I hope I remember to be grateful. Its funny now I keep the book beside me, right by my bedside table so when I wake up its the first thing I see and I can try to recall what Magic Practice I need to be doing.