[Ailist] Achieve Happiness by Creating a Life Lie

[Stephanie West Allen]

Hi, Bruce. I think the man was serious.

I believe that the Life Lie it is a matter of degree and needs to be  
tempered with something — wisdom? practicality? sanity? Here is  
something on "acting as if":

http://westallen.typepad.com/idealawg/2007/04/selfleadership_.html

What is that line that Jimmy Stewart said in Harvey about finally  
winning out over reality, or something like that?

The Secret was supposedly created after the woman (can't recall her  
name) read Wallace Wattle's The Science of Getting Rich. (You can  
download SOGR for free lots of place on the Internet including here:  
http://www.scienceofgettingrich.net/ ) The movie left out much of  
what Wattles says about his living in a "Certain Way."

Best,

Stephanie
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Stephanie West Allen, JD
http://www.idealawg.com
http://www.AllenInChallenge.com
Denver. CO USA



On May 9, 2007, at 2:22 PM, Bruce Elkin wrote:

> Hi Stephanie,
> I couldn’t tell wether this piece was a spoof, or serious.  You?
>
> There is research that shows that people with “slightly positive  
> illusions” about themselves and their capacity produce better  
> results than those with realistic or pessimistic assessments of  
> themselves, but the notion that you can live your life lie, ignore  
> reality, and assure yourself of a glorious future is … well, silly.
>
> And I think that’s the way this piece was meant to be taken.  It  
> gave me a bit of a chuckle.
>
> But, sadly, I’ve run across many people who Do live their life like  
> this, and it always results in tragedy.  (See my posts on “Be  
> Careful of The Secret” on my blog  
> (Createwhatmattersmost.blogspot.com for a story about just such a  
> tragedy that befell a money-manifesting master named Judy.  Sad!)
>
> All the best!
> Bruce
> PS I tried to reply to the list as well, but somehow the format the  
> email came in wouldn’t let me.??