Athena,
It’s been great to be part of the community. And I know that
you have asked me to share my success stories for the last, year, lol, I’m so
sorry it’s taken me such a long time to do this for you. And I wanted to send a
voice note as you requested but I am not too keen to be famous, lol 😅.
Still I hope this will be ok and will help other people who
are going through the trials of life like I did. My story will hopefully show
people that circumstances really can change, even if you are at the darkest
point in your life right now, as I was. Your story can and will change.
A few years ago, I had the insane idea of opening up my own
shop. It was a childhood dream of mine, and I took all the necessary steps: business
plans, loans, you name it, and managed to achieve the unthinkable – being a
business owner and a shop owner at a young age. It felt like a massive
accomplishment at the time and in the beginning things seemed to go ok, but the
economy was hit quite hard, and business was starting to go down. What was even
worse was that in the surrounding area, there were four other shops that were
my competitors. Two were new and the third started offering the same services
as me after I opened. I was determined
to make sure the business would stay afloat. I had taken a big risk with this,
and I had invested everything that I had, so I was not about to lose it or
accept defeat. I had nowhere to live and was sleeping on the shop floor at the
time, doing my best, pouring everything I had, investing it back into the shop.
Life was very dark and very lonely. I had no one to share my life with; the
shop was my relationship in many ways.
Things went really downhill as you know. I just got stuck in a cycle and couldn’t
break out of it.
I knew about the Law before through the Secret many years
ago and I discovered the LoA teachers. You spoke truth and logic and wisdom
Athena and you spoke from experience and I could see you actually have made a
success of using the Law so I trusted you immediately. So, when I started to
come towards you, Athena, you made me feel very heard, and there was something
about your aura that immediately comforted me. You are the only one who seemed
to understand what I was going through and the only one who really seemed to
understand or teach the law in a way that made sense to me. So I took a gamble
with the money I had left and I invested in myself.
There were a couple of exercises that you took me through
that I will never forget and I still use today. For I realised that I had a lot
of trouble imagining the end. I know that this is what we are taught to do, but
I didn’t really understand what my end would look like or feel like. For some
reason, I had a mental block with it, and I kept going around in circles. I
think it was the hypnosis, or the exercise where you got me to step into the
state, and I didn’t realise how easily I did it. I took everything that you
said with me, and I put it to use. Not long after that, I did notice shifts. I
remember sending you messages of excitement that things were really starting to
look up. Business was starting to improve, and you were right; I didn’t have to
lower prices at all. I kept true to what I was charging, and the people started
to come as soon as I changed my mind about it.
Now, as I said, the market was suffering and struggling. The
economy wasn’t great, and my competitors, who were once doing so well, it
seemed, perhaps even better than me, suddenly started to close down one by one.
The shop up the road suddenly closed, not making enough money. And then I heard
rumours of the other shop that was in the adjacent street also having closed
down.
Following that, the third shop lost its artists, and so they
did not offer the same service as I did anymore. I suddenly was in a situation
where I was surrounded by competitors who seemed to be successful, to now find
myself as the last shop standing. Business has been booming. I bought myself an
apartment, so I no longer have to sleep in the shop.
When I look at my life right now, I can’t believe the
difference. Everything happened in a really natural way, and one by one my
competitors vanished. More clients started coming in. I didn’t really change anything just my
attitude and my energy and people felt this new frequency. I didn’t put any special
offers. I didn’t advertise more. Word of mouth was spreading and it just happened.
Athena, youhelped me to change my mindset with the exercises
and as it works so well with my business, I then decided to use this for love..
I wont go to too much as this message is already long but I was
adopted as a child. I never knew my birth parents so you can imagine the type
of childhood beliefs I did carry. I had never been in a serious relationship; I always had struggled with this. I was shy and awkward very private and introvert, and even with my business, I
thought I would build up more self-esteem and confidence, but when it came to
dating, it was still different. Girls I liked didn’t seem to be interested in
me, or I would attract women that seemed to always need me to save them in some
way; they’d have serious mental health issues and addictions and so I always
was their support but for my needs, they did not matter. I was not important
and relationships in my belief system were hard work. I know this sounds crazy
but truly I did not know what love was and this was apparent to me when Athena
was breaking down my patterns. We actually covered so much. I was in therapy
for a year and we never got to the root. This is why I say you heared me and
understood me. I definitely see your intention for me to be a success is strong
Athena. You made things clear and so I was not afraid anymore to ask God for
what I wanted not what my trauma told me I should have.
A few months later, I did the unthinkable, (this must be my
inspired action) and I joined Bumble. I never do this, and anyone who knows me would
be confused as this is not my natural actions. I can’t even explain why I felt
the need to do this, but one day I just did. I met this girl we matched very
fast. A girl that the old version of me would have passed off as out of my
league. But not this time. When I say
she matched everything in the list that we had set, she really did.
Everything. I still have to pinch myself to believe that I have found such an
amazing girl. We’ve been together for a while now. She very quickly moved
in with me, and everything flowed very fast, very easily, very effortlessly.
When you know, you just know. And I never understood what people meant when
they said that when they met their soulmate, because I had never met my
soulmate. I wasn’t even sure that I knew what love was.
Anyway, I will end this here. But I know, Athena, you were
keen for me to share this story for a while, and I’m sorry I couldn’t record it
for you. I’m keep on top of my mindset and limiting beliefs. Your blockers hypnosis that we
did has been fantastic, as I encountered a couple of bumps in the road, and
now it has cleared up so much including really severe procrastination. It cleared me so much that I’m also going to propose to my partner in the summer, although she doesn’t know it yet. We’ll be taking a trip to Thailand, and it’s all booked. I will continue to share.
But if there’s anything I can say to people out there, it is
to not give up and to strive for better. You might not see it right now where
you currently stand, but it is there. Go inside yourself for the truth. I don’t care for out side validation anymore.
I should also say that I dreamt of you a few times, Athena. I don’t know if it’s relevant. In
those darkest hours on the shop floor, I had those dreams of you guiding me,
giving me advice even as I slept. Remember I messaged you?
Anyway, I hope this was OK. Keep doing what you’re doing. Thank you for changing my life