Hey everyone! This really doesn't have much to do with hooping, but I know a lot of you (at least I think a lot of you) really believe in positive thinking and the law of attraction and things of that nature, so I wanted to share this with you and see what you thought about it.

I've been trying to work on positive thinking a lot lately, and trying to really get clear about what I want out of life and asking to have certain experiences. I've always kind of "made" things happen throughout my life, but I didn't really know what it was that I was doing until a few years ago when I read The Secret. I believe that if you truly think about and believe in and want something, then it will manifest in your life. I look at the different things and people in my life and I don't just see coincidence...I see things and people that I really wanted in my life...I asked for them and I received them. And I often have these moments where I have this inner calm and complete faith that everything is going to be ok...no matter what happens to me, I will be fine and things will work out for me.

So again, I've been trying to work more on positive thinking and trying to visualize what I want my life to be. So this past Wednesday, I was writing in my journal and just as a kind of experiment I wrote down that I wanted to find a white feather within one week. I believe in The Secret someone else had done a similar experiment, too. I figured a white feather would be something that you don't really see on a daily basis, and it is something small that might be easy to manifest. For some reason though, I had trouble finding that inner calm and faith that I would receive this feather. I kept feeling like what I was asking for was too specific so I kept changing my thoughts about it...I went from wanting to find a white feather on the hood of my car to finding any color feather on the hood of my car to finding any color feather anywhere by next week to finding any color feather anywhere by next month...I was almost stressing over it. By Friday I was just like, "Ya know what. Let it be. It will show up when it is ready to show up. Don't worry about it. You'll find it. " And I left it at that.

Friday night I was at my friends house and we were out in her yard playing badminton. At one point she had hit the shuttle to me and I missed and it landed in the grass. I bent down to pick it up and right next to where it had landed there was this feather. It wasn't white...mostly gray with a white tip. But I was kind of shocked/surprised to see it there because her yard is pretty big, and of all the places I could have been standing I was right next to this feather. I kind of smiled to myself and said a quick "Thank you" and went on playing the game.

Then Saturday my boyfriend and I were just planning on heading over to the farmers market and doing some cleaning for the day, but that morning we changed our mind and decided to go to the zoo instead because the weather was perfect and we haven't had that in weeks. One of the first animals we came across was a peacock, however, it wasn't an ordinary peacock. This one was completely white and I was in awe. It was gorgeous...it looked like an angel. I just stood there for a moment watching it and thinking "Is this another sign? Is this the universe giving me what I asked for?"

That night when we arrived home, as I was about to enter the door of my building, I looked down and there was another feather laying in front of the door, only this one was a white feather with some light brown in it. I believe it came from a pigeon. I would almost have dismissed this as coincidence, but I've lived here for two years and there are pigeons around all the time and I can't recall ever seeing one of their feathers lying on the ground.

So that was basically it. I'd like to believe that this was all the universe simply giving me what I asked for, but the logical side of me is doubtful and thinking it may have been just coincidence. Or maybe because I was focusing on feathers so much that I decided to go to the zoo because, subconsciously, I knew I would see feathers there. But on the other hand, it almost seems to perfect...1. I was playing in this huuuuge yard and I happen to be standing right next to a feather, 2. I asked for a white feather and I go to the zoo and the peacock there is covered in white feathers, and 3. I find a pigeon feather outside my door and I don't recall ever seeing a feather by my building the entire time I've lived here. I think number 2 can possibly be dismissed as coincidence because well, at a zoo its kind of expected to see some sort of feathery creature, but 1 and 3 I'm not so sure they can be dismissed. I don't see feathers just laying around everyday...maybe once every couple of months, but twice in the same weekend? I dunno...it seems to perfect when I think about it. I almost feel like because I was doubtful at first, I received several "signs" in a short period of time as if the universe was trying to get its point across. Who knows, really?

What do you guys think? Am I reading too far into things? Or do you think I just got what I asked for? Have any of you done or experienced something like this? Have you ever applied the law of attraction to your hooping? I'd love to hear your stories and input.

Thanks for taking the time to listen to my story. I truly appreciate being able to share this with you all because I don't really feel like I have anyone else to share this with who will believe me. :)

Love always,
Kellsey