Abundance of money - abundance of love

Written by Halina Goldstein


Abundance of Money - Abundance of Love ======================================

by Halina Goldstein www.key2yourheart.com

The Value of Money ------------------

How much happiness is there in a piece of paper withrepparttar word "happiness" printed upon it? It depends onrepparttar 123180 person who holds that piece of paper...

How much value is there in a 100 dollar bill? Same thing... If you think you're poor and have just enough to make ends meet, an unexpected 100 dollar bill is very valuable. If you believe you're rich and more money is coming to you allrepparttar 123181 time, an unexpected 100 dollar bill is nice, but not very important. So, it depends onrepparttar 123182 person... But it also depends on what's going around that person. For example:

The "free" game ---------------

Inrepparttar 123183 "real world", we expect to pay a certain price forrepparttar 123184 goods we receive: tickets, books, doctor's advice etc. Not so onrepparttar 123185 Internet. Here many people expect - more or less - these goods to be offered for free.

But I wonder what happens to us, to our perception of our own value, when we read these words again and again and again: "take it, it's free", "it's worth 100$ but you get it free", "you don't have to pay".

We might be paying a high price -------------------------------

Not right away, not in terms of dollars. But in terms of value.

Ifrepparttar 123186 approach is honest, you will understand thatrepparttar 123187 free offer is an invitation to exchange something. For example, you give me a possibility to share my expertise in some area, which then leads you to buy a certain product, which you really enjoy, just as I enjoyrepparttar 123188 extra income. We are both being enriched.

Let's now say I consistently give you something for free, without acknowledging that I also receive. Why would I do that you wonder (consciously or not)? There can only be one explanation: we have nothing to exchange. You will feel you have nothing of value to give me. Just as I will feel my product or service is not worth paying for. We will both become poor inrepparttar 123189 process.

Spending and accepting money ----------------------------

Money is about exchange. Although temporarily attached to certain pockets, purses and bank accounts, money is being exchanged allrepparttar 123190 time. It is always in motion - or should be. Money isrepparttar 123191 oil that allowsrepparttar 123192 society's wheels to turn smoothly. You don't want to hold on torepparttar 123193 oil, do you? You just wantrepparttar 123194 machine to work as good as possible. Likewise,repparttar 123195 secret to money is indeed not to hold on to it, but to let it flow, let it come and go where it's needed.

In that sense, when you spend money, you add torepparttar 123196 whole, you energizerepparttar 123197 flow, you enablerepparttar 123198 wheels to turn, you enablerepparttar 123199 society and its members to take part inrepparttar 123200 exchange.

What is your attitude towards spending? Do you enjoy it? Fear it? Control it? How do you feel about spending money?

Again, when accepting payment, you are not just taking something for yourself. You enablerepparttar 123201 flow,repparttar 123202 movement can continue, enriching you as well as everybody else. So how do you feel about accepting money? Do you feel good when you accept payment? Do you accept payments as big as they should be? Do you know how to set a price on your work or your goods? Would you accept payment from a friend?

Love and Wealth ---------------

Saying "spending is a way of adding torepparttar 123203 abundance of all" is not quite correct. It would be more precise to say, that by spending and accepting money you sharerepparttar 123204 abundance that is around you.

Wealth is a state of mind. It is seeingrepparttar 123205 wealth around you and connecting to it.

Although this might sound outrageous, wealth is somewhat like love. The more you give,repparttar 123206 more you receive. But then - you can't give love really and you can't keep it either. Love doesn't belong to anybody. Love is free. Love is a feeling, an energy, an awareness. Love is something that connects us and unites us - if we let it. It'srepparttar 123207 same with wealth.

Obstacles ---------

Love is right here where you are, endlessly. But you can keep it at a certain distance. We all do that to some degree, for our own reasons. The reason can be called an obstacle, a blocker. An experience, a thought, a feeling that stands between you andrepparttar 123208 endless abundance (of love or money).

The blocker can make you feel that there's no love (or money) available to you. It can prevent you from receiving it, or feeling good about giving it. That's OK. It still can't prevent you from looking...

Beyondrepparttar 123209 blocker ------------------

Let's take a look then... What is there? What is really there?

I am Really Worried about the Future

Written by graham and julie


I am really worried aboutrepparttar future. I am 54 years of age, my daughter, who I have brought up on my own since she was two, is about to start university, my mother isn’t getting any younger, my pension fund is not going to produce what I expected and I feelrepparttar 123179 future is going to be a really lonely place. These wererepparttar 123180 thoughts of a friend of ours who came to stay with us recently. The thoughts of an overworked, stressed, caring, dedicated professional woman.

So what isrepparttar 123181 answer? Allrepparttar 123182 feelings expressed by Sue are real and none are going to go away with a drop ofrepparttar 123183 hat. So what can be done?

The conversations we had together started with her thoughts. We have a choice between quality thinking and quantity thinking. When Sue drops into quantity thinking, like here, she generates many useless thoughts that swirl around in her head making her tired, and reducing her self respect. The problem is thatrepparttar 123184 world rewards quantity thinking. It makes us think that we have to be in control allrepparttar 123185 time. Makes us feel inadequate if we don’t cover allrepparttar 123186 bases.

The alternative is quality thoughts. With good quality thoughts we recognize our greatness and what is possible in life. We get to experience happiness and self respect.

During our conversation we asked Sue: what was she good at?

What qualities did she admire in herself?

What did she think were her greatest successes in life?

What are her particular strengths that she could depend on now and inrepparttar 123187 future?

In quality thoughts she was giving love, and attention to herself. She was not telling herself any lies. She was just refocusing her thoughts. You don’t have to think of a number of thoughts to uplift you, one quality thought hasrepparttar 123188 power to uplift you in a second

The next killer is our tendency to pass judgement on others. To focus on another’s shortcomings andrepparttar 123189 urge to criticise and correct others. When we think negatively about other people allrepparttar 123190 time it makes our mind and body really heavy and restricts our thinking. When we start thinking aboutrepparttar 123191 personality of others we overshadow our own true personality. And gradually, we begin to resemble that other personality, including their defects. By letting people go from our mind, we lift all restrictions of thinking, and release our original qualities again. Our mind becomes light and we can use all our talents with confidence.

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