I had studied in community college in Hong Kong for the past two years and I had been looking forward to study in university. I sent my applications earlier this year, around January, and had been waiting for some news from those universities I applied.

I came to know The Secret around May this year. Then, I started to work on The Secret, focusing on what I wanted, which is studying in the Hong Kong University. I tried visualizing that I am having an interview with professors, being happy about that, feeling confident, and thanking for that.

One month passed. In June, I got a letter. That wasn’t good news. They rejected my application. And before that, actually, I had received a failure of my application from another university already.

At that moment, I didn’t feel as confident as I did earlier. I was kind of in despair. It seemed like every chance was gone. But, no, there was still one chance, the Chinese University of Hong Kong.

They didn’t rejected me yet.

So, after the final exam of the college, I thought to myself, trying to figure out: What is missing? What are the things that I should do but I didn’t?

Here, with the start of the vacation, I got an inspiration. I hadn’t sent the results of the open examination I took before I entered the high school yet! I always thought that this was just a small exam and they probably wouldn’t feel interested about it. However, I thought I got a good grade of that actually. So, I asked myself, what the hell haven’t I sent that to the university yet? This might be the very key that changed their mind, and, why not? Thus, I did.

During the vacation, in order to make my mind clear, I read The Secret for the third time on my journey to Singapore. This time, I didn’t finish it. Actually, I only read the first four chapters of the book though I thought I’d got the idea clear enough.

My thought has changed since then. I felt so confident that I never felt the same before. There was only one target in my mind. I saw no exceptions. What I kept holding in my mind was my hands holding the offer letter from the university, I come to the office, open the door, enter the office, pay the money, and then turn back, open the door, walk out of the office, breathe the summer warm air, stretch my body, smile, yo-ho, and then find a seat, lay down, look at the blue sky, and enjoy the moment.

Then, how about love? Love is the greatest vibration one can send out to the universe. So, I started to think about it. How can I add love into my visualization? Then, I found out that in fact there are many kinds of love and they are all love.

What I did is, I visualized with love, with the love of the knowledge I am studying, with the love of sharing thoughts with professors, with the love of walking through the corridor in winter, with the love of playing football with friends, with the love of having a snack with my friend from Taiwan, with the love of the truth that I now study in the university, and, with the love that I come to realize that I am holding my life.

This was truly a strong thought, in my opinion. What happened after coming back from Singapore was that, one morning, I was woken up by a phone call from Chinese University. The lady asked me whether I still considered studying in Chinese University and she told me that they were considering giving me an offer. She told me that she will pass my profile to the department.

Okay, it was great news. Really great. But what happened the next whole month was… nothing. It was the hardest part. No news, no reply. Every time I was about to think that something wrong might happen, I switched. I told myself No. I visualized the same images again. Just hold on and hold on…

And, every time my mom asked me why I didn’t act more aggressive so that I could get an offer, and when she said things like, I wouldn’t be able to get any offer from university, I just tried to ignore her, in a respectful way. I knew that no one can change my life and I am the only one who can. So, every time those kind of things happened, I just kept focusing on what I want.

After the no news month passed, one night, I was checking my profile on my blog. I found something. It said that I was 20 and, most importantly, I was a college student. I asked myself: how am I going to be a university student if I still think that I am a college student? I changed it immediately: 21, university student.

That next day is, when I was having lunch with friends, I got a phone call. Again, the same lady, same questions, despite that she told me they will contact me as soon as they have any news. My friends asked me whether they gave me an offer, I said no, I told them they were just trying to make sure that I still considered studying in that university.

That night, I had dinner with a bunch of ladies. They were all the friends of my aunt. During the dinner, one of them asked me in which university I was studying. I held for a few seconds, then I said, (probably) Chinese University. Then she replied something like “Oh, really! That’s great if you are going to study there…” I couldn’t believe that I said it. I said that I study in Chinese University.

The next day, after having tea with a friend, on my way home, again, I got a phone call. I picked up the phone. This time, I didn’t believe my ears, I said “Wuh-what?” Yes, I got an offer! I was so excited that I stopped, standing there, then I wrote down all the details about what I have to do in order to register.

This is so great for me, truly. I’ve been dreaming of it, and now I get it. This is so great that I don’t feel excited because it was like something impossible before but now it’s true, so true that I don’t even know how to feel excited about it.

I mean, it’s so great. After the past few months, after knowing The Secret, I come to understand my life from a really basic point of view. I finally know that one should not give up. And as what is said, where there is a will, there is a way.

When my friends asked me why they gave me an offer, I said, I don’t know, I am not the one responsible for that, right? In fact, I didn’t even need to attend any interview and now I am in. Do I know why? No, I don’t. I only know that this is what I want and I believe I can have it and now I do have it.

Thanks all. Comparing with the knowing of the world and oneself, although studying in university is really something small, however, it is great that I finally found my way to tell myself that this works! Just, great!