Over the past couple of days, I’ve discovered something about my relationship with money. I share this with you because I believe it to be a powerful step in manifesting money and overcoming hidden issues with our relationships to money and bringing forth abundance.
So many times, I’ve read about possible fears and blocks around money. If you know about the law of attraction, you know that what you put out into the universe you receive back. Like ripples on a lake. So, those of us using the law of attraction to bring forth all the good things in life sometimes wonder where we are going wrong when it comes to money.
We’ve looked at our fears. We’ve believe we’ve released our blocks. We are positive and recite affirmations about abundance and prosperity. We want wealth for ourselves and others, we understand to have gratitude for what we already possess and we affirm daily that we are magnets to money and abundance flows easily, but where the heck is that money?
So I had a revelation the other day about my relationship with money. This may sound strange, but if you know me, this will not be surprising. I decided to view my relationship with money much like anyone would view their relationship with a person for which they have affection. A spouse, significant other, etc.
I decided to write down some pointers about myself and money, as though we were in a relationship. I realized many things by doing this. I realized that money probably thinks I’m a crazy, desperate and jealous person trying grip onto it for dear life. No one wants a girlfriend like that!!!
Here is why I say this, and I share these things in case you may be going about the manifestation of money in quite the same way.
1. Problem: I was jealous of money. Each time I had to let go of any amount, small or large, I was upset that it was leaving me and resentful that it hadn’t stayed long.
Solution: I realized that no one likes to be suffocated or resented. People need to be themselves and so does money. We cannot stifle our spouses when they want to go to a game or go shopping with girlfriends. When I send money out into the world, by paying a bill or buying something I need, I bless it for having visited me and look forward to seeing it again.
2. Problem: I was resentful that there was never enough. When I received $50 and what I needed was $100, $50 wasn’t enough. I would be disappointed. When I found a penny on the ground, I would pick it up but scoff at it for being such a small amount that couldn’t pay my bills.
Solution: I decided to view money as a universal whole, rather than individual parts. A penny is a penny, but it’s still money. All money is part of the huge fund provided by the universe, or the government or the banks….however you want to look at it. A penny is money and a billion bucks is money. Each time money comes into your life, it’s money! It’s a part of the whole picture. Just like each of us is a reflection of the whole universe, a penny is a reflection of the entire sum of money available to each of us. I decided to be as happy to see money as I would be a significant other who had just returned from a long trip. No matter if he was returning for 5 minute or 5 months…no matter if it’s a penny or 10 dollars.
3. Problem: I was not attentive to the needs of my money. Money has needs. Money needs us to appreciate it, enjoy it, spend it, admire it and use it for its other positive intended purposes. If you don’t understand that money is just a tool for which we trade time, it’s easy to wage a war with it.
Solution: I decided to appreciate, enjoy, admire and thankfully spend the money that comes my way. I had to pay rent today. As I stood in line forever to get a money order for my rental office, I had time to ‘be in the moment’. I realized that today was the perfect opportunity to take advantage of my new relationship with money and here’s what I did:
I stood in line and realized that I had several $100 dollar bills in my hand. I had just pulled these from the ATM only minutes earlier and normally I would just pay for my money order and go out the door, grumbling that the majority of my money was already gone.
Instead, I gazed at those $100 dollar bills and realized that these were $100 bills that I had manifested into my life. No matter that they would be leaving my hands very quickly, they were IN MY HANDS for those few moments. I looked them over, and thanked them for allowing me to live in my apartment for one more month. I enjoyed the beauty of these $100 bills, which have previously been quite rare in my life.
As the long moments in line went on, I created a joyful relationship with this money and though it’s been transferred over to the apartment office at this point, the image of those $100 bills is still fresh in my mind. I think I stumbled onto something here. I enhanced and enriched my relationship with money, simply by admiring it and being grateful directly.
Now anyone would feel better to be around you if you admired and showed gratitude toward them, right?
I’d love to hear your comments and thoughts on this revelation.
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