| The Law of Attraction says that we get what we | | | | Here is how you might convert each of the above |
| think about. You think about attracting lots of | | | | desires into a statement of gratitude: |
| dysfunctional people into your life, and you get more | | | | - I am truly grateful for a race official who starts his |
| of them. You think about filling your life with people | | | | or her race on time. |
| who support you, and you get more of them. | | | | - I appreciate officials who keep spectators off their |
| If you are a runner or walker who participates in a | | | | race courses. |
| lot of races, then you know how important it can be | | | | - I am thankful for the official who has gotten my |
| to have race officials who are functional, not | | | | upcoming race's course measured correctly. |
| dysfunctional, when it comes to your races. | | | | - I love it when a race official gets an upcoming race |
| For every one of your races, you want a race official | | | | of mine certified, because I never know when I |
| who: | | | | might want to use it to qualify for another race! |
| - starts the race on time; | | | | - I count on the transponder mats at the start and |
| - keeps spectators off the course; | | | | finish of my race to work correctly, because what |
| - has gotten the course measured correctly; | | | | matters most to me is my chip-time, not winning the |
| - has gotten the course certified, if you are using it | | | | race, so I am truly grateful to the race official who |
| as a qualifier for another race; | | | | ensures that they do work correctly. |
| - makes sure that the starting and finishing | | | | - I am thankful to race officials who confirm that our |
| transponder mats are working; | | | | timing tags or chips work correctly. |
| - makes sure that the racers' timing chips (or tags) | | | | - I am grateful that the officials for my upcoming |
| are working; | | | | races are fair and even-handed about registration and |
| - enforces registration and bandit rules; | | | | bandits. |
| - has accurate gun-time clocks along the course. | | | | - I love it when an official makes sure that the |
| You can convert each of these desires into a | | | | gun-time clocks along my race course are accurate, |
| statement of gratitude. The value in doing this is that | | | | given how much I rely on those clocks to remind me |
| you will then have a list that you can contemplate | | | | how well I am doing. |
| regularly. And the value in regular contemplation of | | | | Take this list, or make your own. But, either way, |
| statements of gratitude is that this activates the | | | | review a list regularly to get more of what you want. |
| Law of Attraction in your favor. | | | | |