Read it and win: ‘I Lost My Job and I Liked It’

Lilou Mace, a dual citizen of France and the United States, got the same bad news so many earnest, hardworking folk have gotten recently: You’re being laid off.

Her reaction was to fend off a serious funk  and turn things to her advantage by using the Law of Attraction. She kept a 30-day journal of her experiences and made it the basis for her new book, I Lost My Job and I Liked It.

One of the things I like about Lilou is that she’s not one of these bury-your-head-in-the-sand types who refuses to admit that the employment situation is scary, whether you’re in the US or just about anywhere else. It is, but she’s willing to work around it.

She’s not, however, willing to take the easy way out; i.e., move into her mother’s house in France or leave her flat in expensive London for a cheaper city. She also refused to take jobs she considered draining or soul-deadening. She wrote a mission statement:

“My mission is to enrol, create and produce positive forms of media that leave people inspired, joyful and fulfilled.”

To that end, she’s continued producing a series of extremely popular Law of Attraction videos on YouTube. She also takes great pleasure in organizing fashionable events for singles, one of which attracted 150 people to a rooftop garden in London.

Although she uses the Law of Attraction, she does run into obstacles along the way, which she resists being thrown by. It’s interesting to me how these obstacles ultimately bring her closer to her goals.

In my own experience with the Law of Attraction, I’ve seen this at work. Sometimes it’s like a wall comes up, and I can’t get over it or around it. The appointment falls through, someone’s stuck in traffic, the friendship I thought was rock-solid falls apart. And, in the end, it all works out (in the case of the rock-solid friendship, we spent entirely too much time together. I had been visualizing and affirming my perfect romantic relationship, but I hadn’t made space for it. The friendship temporarily — but very painfully — fell apart, leaving room for me to meet new people. I met a man and fell in love. The friend invited me to visit her afterwards, and we’ve been friends ever since).

Another interesting tidbit: At one point in her book, Lilou discusses wanting to talk to God. She writes:

“I don’t often use the word ‘God,’ but I really want to pray right now….”

Some people resist using the Law of Attraction because they believe it’s not “of God,” but I have found that LoA has brought me closer to God. It’s one thing to recite some begging, pleading, hopeless prayer and quite another to believe that I can talk freely to a loving force who has my back and wants what’s best for me. Using the Law of Attraction means stepping out in faith.

Lilou also writes of feeling conflicted about wanting money because she was brought up a Catholic. So was I, so I know what she means. But then at Mass one Sunday, it occurred to me that no priest is insulted when baskets of money are brought to the altar. Like every other earthly entity, the Church requires money to thrive.

I’m getting over my money guilt. If I have money, I can help others who need it.

Lilou’s a disciple of Esther and Jerry Hicks of Abraham-Hicks fame, but I prefer works by Catherine Ponder, Florence Scovel Shinn, Norman Vincent Peale, Joseph Murphy, and Shakti Gawain.

For more information about Lilou, check out her website. Her book is available at Amazon (better yet, order your copy from your favorite independent bookstore).

In the interest of casting my bread on the waters, the first US resident to comment on this post will receive my copy of I Lost My Job and I Liked It. It’s used, but I’ve treated it lovingly.