The Law of Cause and Effect

The Law of Cause and Effect states that every cause has an effect, and every effect has a cause. Nothing happens by chance.

I recently received an article on this law and the author quoted Brian Tracy, who says, "This law says that if there is anything you want in life, an effect that you desire, you can find someone else that has achieved the same result or effect, and that by doing the same things they have done over and over you can eventually enjoy the same results and rewards.

Success, however you define it, is not an accident. It is not a result of good luck versus bad luck. Even if you have not taken the time to clearly identify how you got from where you were to where you are today, there have been a series of specific steps that you have taken that have brought you to where you are at this minute. And the fact is, they could have brought you to no other place. You are where you are, and what you are because of yourself. It has been your choices and your decisions over the months and years that have inevitably determined the condition of your life at this moment.

The most wonderful part of this is that at any time you can start making different choices and different decisions, taking different steps and you will inevitably arrive at a different place than where you are today.

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The key to your enjoying more of what people call luck is for you to engage in more of the actions that are more likely to bring about the consequences that you desire. At the same time, you must conscientiously decide to avoid those actions that will not bring about the consequences that you desire, or even worse, will bring about consequences that you don't want."

What better example do we currently have of this law than the Olympics? The athletes are amazing. I have been impressed with so many of them. Michael Phelps is, of course, at the top of the list. He's made daily choices since he was 11 years old which led him to win 8 Gold Medals at these Olympic Games!

Shawn Johnson is a member of the US Women's Gymnastics team. She came to the games as a heavy favorite to win many gold medals. However, she wasn't getting the scores she normally gets and kept getting silver medals. What did she do? She didn't pout or complain about the scoring. Instead, she decided she was having the time of her life and she was going to go all out in her last event (balance beam) and continue to have fun and not worry about medals at all. What happened? She won a Gold Medal!! What an amazing example she has been.

What I love about this law is that if you don't currently like the direction your life is heading, it's not too late to change it!