Some people believe that attracting abundance is something the rich and famous must know how to do. Everyone else is not privy to their secrets. Even more damaging is the belief that you have to have money to make money. The belief of attracting abundance, however, goes against that and says that as long as you believe it, you can have it.

Does that sound too simple to work? Does it sound too good to be true? It is. And yet people who use the principles behind things like the law of attraction, conscious creation and positive thinking will tell you that it really can work for you, because it worked for them.

There is no doubt that a person's attitude, regardless of what is going on in their life, can make the difference between a happy person and an unhappy person. We have all met people who seem to have the worst of luck, but still seem happy. No matter what happens to them, they see the bright side and somehow come out okay.

And we probably all know someone who seems to have everything going for them, but is miserable. We can't understand how they can be so unhappy when they have so many good things in their life. It is a case of you attract what you surround yourself with. Even if you have a good financial situation, you attract sadness and despair.

Attracting abundance requires a new state of mind. Just like the unlucky person who stays positive and happy no matter what, you must begin to see the positive side of things. And you must believe that positive things can and will happen to you.

Even to the unlucky person good things happen. But that person has trained himself or herself to see the good things even in events that most of us would dismiss as completely negative. This focus on the positive allows positive energy to flow to that person, even in not-so-good situations.

The attraction of abundance works in a similar way. A person who believes that no matter what happens, they will never have enough money will probably always be plagued with financial problems because that is what they believe. Their thoughts will attract a similar energy.

But for the person who changes their thinking to decide that they want abundance, and begins to believe that it is possible will attract a different type of energy. If you have thoughts of abundance and learn to believe them, then you can attract prosperity.

One principle of the law of abundance is that the universe creates enough for everyone. And just because one person has enough or more than enough does not mean that another person should go without. There is enough for everyone to have more than they will ever need.

Believing this, and believing that your positive thoughts can ensure that you have what you need and more, are the first steps to attracting abundance and letting prosperity flow into your life.