Maybe changing yourself really does change what you see around you

I don't know how literally to take this quote, but I've seen something very similar happen in my own life.

“The way you reverberate determines the kind of situations and people you draw into your life.”- Sadhguru

There was a time when I genuinely felt trapped. I used to see people on social media going out, meeting friends, doing things, and I felt like nothing was happening in my life. No fun, no good memories, no good company. At the same time, I was going through a lot of turmoil within myself.

The funny thing is, later I realised that even when an opportunity to meet someone or do something was in front of me, I would often step back. And then I would complain that I had no people or opportunities.

Things started changing slowly. I started reading Swami Vivekananda books, Paramhansa Yogananda's Autobiography of a Yogi, Sadhguru's Karma, and eventually I was initiated into Shambhavi Mahamudra.

I think these things created a certain atmosphere within me. I started seeing the brighter side of things and, more importantly, started participating in life instead of constantly judging it.

If there was work, I started saying yes. If there was volunteering, I would raise my hand. I stopped worrying so much about being perfect or whether people liked me. I just started doing things.

And then something interesting happened.

I started meeting people. Good people. People with whom I could have conversations beyond the same family problems and fights I was used to hearing all the time.

Sometimes I look back and think, where were these people when I was feeling so isolated?

Maybe they weren't suddenly created out of nowhere. Maybe I just wasn't in a place where I could see them, connect with them or say yes to them.

So when I read this quote, this is what “reverberate” means to me. I don't know if that's magic or just a change in perception. But I have seen it happen.