Money Matters Part One

Money Doesn’t Care

“Money is only a tool. It will take you wherever you wish, but it will not replace you as the driver.” —Ayn Rand

Aaahhh yes money: dollars, cents, green backs, cash, moola and dough, it’s all about the Benjamin’s baby.  Though most transactions are no longer done in its true form, the visual of: bills, coins and gold are what the mind see’s when thinking of money (unless you jumped on that bitcoin wagon).  It has been proven that money does not equate to happiness nonetheless there’s no denying the significant role it plays in all our lives. 

How does one cultivate a healthy and robust relationship with money?

The Foundation

1.)   It’s not a Balanced Relationship: Let’s just get this straight, your relationship with money is completely up to you. Money will be whatever you want it to be, and money is not responsible for your feelings around it, you are. Money does not love or hate anyone; it is you who decides what money is to you, and that makes the relationship.  Hating money because you do not have money will not bring you more money.

2.)   Money is a Transfer of Energy: When you really think about money, the purpose of it and how you use it, this idea of it being a representation of energy makes sense.  Energy is expended (creating a product, doing a task, gaining knowledge to share and apply it) and transferred to another which is then shared back in the form of money. This comes to your bills as well. Do you like having a place to stay, running water, electricity, plumbing and heat, well then aren’t those things worth paying for?  Think about all of the energy it takes for you to be able to experience and appreciate all of those amenities, you show that appreciation by reciprocating that energy back in the form of money.

3.)   Money is a Magnifier: I use to think that money changed people, and not for the better, which made me limit the amount of money I would accept into my life. Money in itself is neither good or bad, having more of it does not change a person, it merely magnifies who they already are.  If I’m a good person (which I know I am) then having more money would merely enable me to express that in greater ways. Money gives people more options, allowing them to further express themselves. 

4.)   Money is Abundant: How much money anyone else makes has absolutely no bearing on how much you make. There is more than enough to go around, it is not a finite resource. In fact, it’s not really a true resource merely a representation of one. It only has value because we’ve decided it has value.

What are your thoughts when it comes to money, do you have enough and is it possible to have too much?  What associations and attachments have you placed on your relationship with it, and is that mindset helping you attract more money or repel it? 

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