The Master Key System have been echoing in my mind:
“Some men seem to attract success, power, wealth, attainment, with very little conscious effort; others conquer with great difficulty; still others fail altogether to reach their ambitions, desires and ideals. Why is this so?” – Charles Hannel
I shared this question with some of my students, bright, curious fourteen-year-olds, and one of them simply replied, “Mindset!”
It stopped me in my tracks. Because in that one word, this young person had captured what I’ve been wrestling with for months.
This week has been one of recognition, and honesty. I’ve had to confront an uncomfortable truth: somewhere along the line, I’ve become more negative. Not intentionally, but through the cumulative effect of pain, disappointment, and hardship over the past three years. It’s difficult to admit, but it’s necessary. What I’ve lived through has, without question, been trauma.
And yet, I’m beginning to see that trauma doesn’t have to destroy; it can refine. Over time, it can become a catalyst, something that brings buried strength and resilience to the surface. Perhaps this is the universe’s way of preparing me, shaping me for something I cannot yet see.
There are moments when I wish this had all happened a decade earlier, when energy and optimism came more easily. But if life truly happens for us and not to us, then perhaps even the loss of those two development sites, painful and unjust as it felt, is working in my favour. What feels like loss now may one day reveal itself as redirection.
My goal now is to shift my mindset, to view these experiences not as punishments, but as part of my evolution. To trust that, however raw and exhausting this season of life may feel, it is serving my higher good. Moreover, to read my Cards, Og Mandino and the Master Key Stystem with ENTHUSIASM!! Thats
In the past, when things fell apart, I would instinctively retreat to the comfort of my parents’ support. Their home, their presence, always offered safety. But this time, that door closed, kindly, but decisively. And perhaps that, too, was part of the lesson. Because this time, I had to find a way to rescue myself.
No one else could do it for me.
