Do you have inner conflict about money? Are you still working through beliefs about the role of money in the world, or negative feelings about wealthy people and their priorities? Because if you believe that all rich people are greedy a$$holes, you probably won’t be able to create much abundance in your own life.
Maybe you are conflicted about HAVING when much of the world seems to HAVE NOT. The thing is, it doesn’t do anyone anywhere any good for you to go on living without. As Marianne Williamson said in Return to Love, “Your playing small does not serve the world.”
I recently received a relatively sizable chunk of money in one payment. It was hard-earned and well-deserved and much-anticipated. I thought it would change the way I felt. I thought it would be exciting and give me joyful energy. When the day finally came, I was surprised to feel nothing I had expected.
Because I was in a position to experiment with a spiritual principle, I decided to “step into the flow of giving and receiving”, and I chose two people in my life to bless with a surprise gift of cash. It wasn’t a huge amount, but it was more than a bag of groceries and a tank of gas. I wanted it to be enough to give them each a boost somehow.
Whatever their choices were, the outcome for me was that the feeling I had anticipated from receiving money came when I gave it away. I felt joyful!
Right then, my goal in life became clear. I need to be wealthy so that I can #1, take care of myself into my old age, but also #1, bless other people with cash gifts meant to give a moment’s relief. Think grocery store checkout lines and such.
I have redefined in my own mind what abundance is to me, and what being wealthy can look like. I’ve learned that not all rich people are self-serving and power-hungry. Some wealthy people help other people, and want to do good in the world. Some offer a leg up to others as a vote of confidence and an act of kindness. Those are the things I want to experience and model. I have received sooo much help from others over my life. I am paying it forward.
I have learned what is really going on here… that all of life is a reflection of my inner world. I get what I give and I see what I am, kind of thing.
I assume you are still reading because you struggle with abundance, at least a little bit. Maybe you are working hard to overcome early programming, or to recover from some significant financial loss. Or maybe you are later in life, like me, and looking for a way to make a real difference in the world, and also retire well. Maybe you simply need money to keep going.
I offer these suggestions because they have ALL been true for me.
We have to take a good and honest look inside ourselves, get clear on what we want to be, do and have. And then we have to move our feet. Take action. It’s a proven formula and I want to help you get there, as I help myself. Let’s go together.
My reason for being here now is to work through the process in real time. I have opened several channels (including this blog) for abundance and my good to reach me. I’ve done the groundwork, and I’d like to help others do it, too.
What are your current challenges? Where are you in the process? What do you want from your one precious life?
Please share in the comments.
Amy
