The Law of Attraction – Lessons from a 14 Year Old

 

The Secret is all about how to ignite the Law of Attraction.  Some people read books on the LOA. Others watch DVDs about it – my method is a bit different – I just watch my son Aaron.  He has just turned 14 years old and seems to have completely mastered the LOA principles. He is passionate about drumming and, no exaggeration, he seems to have become a virtual drum magnet.

Every waking hour that he is not doing homework, walking the dog or responding to some other mom-initiated nagging request, he is consumed with drums.  I noticed the LOA was in effect when drums first started appearing at the front door. His summer camp director was giving away an old drum set and Aaron wanted to refurbish it. Then another friend gave him a drum.  Then a pile of drum magazines were delivered by a friend of the family. Then the television show, America’s Got Talent, asked him to come audition in New York City.  Then his past drum teacher came to the house to prepare him for his audition and in hand, yes, a drum!

For his birthday this past week, we arranged for him to have a surprise drum lesson with Mike Mangini, the fastest drummer in the world, who teaches at Berkeley School of Music. 

As you can imagine, he was in seventh heaven.

At a recent drum show, he was asked to endorse a small custom drum company… and I could go on, but I will spare you.

So for now, Aaron is one happy camper, developing his passion and skill and making no bones about broadcasting his love of drumming to the world.  As more square footage of his room is covered with drums, his LOA flame burns wildly and I smile as I watch my drum magnet happily work his magic!

Kids are great teachers.

Help Us Bring Bongo Love Back to Boston

 

In my last post I shared how Bongo Love, an afro-acoustic band from Zimbabwe enriched my life and the lives of many adults and children by sharing their music, spirit and culture Bongo Love. Now, together with our friends from Plugged In Plugged In, a teen band program that teaches kids how to combine music and social activism, we are trying to bring them back to the US for another music tour.  In Zimbabwe, life is hard with no work, little food and rampant political oppression. Performing their joy-filled music in the US affords them the opportunity to make much-needed money to send back to their families.

If you have frequent flyer miles you can share or have a venue, school, graduation or corporate event you would like them to play at please let us know. They will rock the house. They played at Madison Square Garden at the Dispatch for Zimbabwe concert and the crowd loved them!

Thank you!

Bette

781-444-9638

bette@YoloCoaching.com