I’d like to live as a poor man with lots of money - Pablo Picasso
I am grateful for money
With many things in life like food, I have had an unhealthy relationship with money. Something tells me when hearing the news of our economy, with people losing homes they could never afford to begin with, I am not the only one.
It all begins with being taught that “money is the root of all evil.” For some reason we are supposed to despise money, and those that have accumulated it. I have held such negative thoughts that only rich successful people could get there by hook or crook, or by stepping on the backs of others. Even in the bible it says that it is easier for a camel to get through the eye of a needle, than a rich man into heaven.
In fact when doing a search on one of my favorite quote sites about money, most of the quotes view money in a negative light. Here are just a few samples.
- They who are of the opinion that Money will do everything, may very well be suspected to do everything for Money. ~George Savile
- There’s no money in poetry, but then there’s no poetry in money, either. ~Robert Graves
- When I have money, I get rid of it quickly, lest it find a way into my heart. ~John Wesley
Money is not the root of all evil, it is man’s intentions. If we traded cat litter for goods and services, I would wager you a 5lb bag of Fresh Step, that a crack addict would knock over a pensioner for an unused scoop.
When people here about The Secret, or hear about the Laws of Attraction, one of the first things they think about is, “oh that’s the philosophy that teaches you how to get stuff.” Yeah, that is one of the things they do discuss. The universe is your catalog, anything and everything is yours for the asking. However, when you delve deeper you will find what it really teaches you is that you need to be wealthy in all things, financial, spiritual, and health. Why? So that you can in turn, help your fellow man.
I am seeing how this applies in my own life. I have two nieces and my older sister who I adore. They are the most important people in my life out of many important people in my life. I would love to give them the world, and I see now that if I balance my life, by being responsible for my own happiness, and finding my passion, that I will experience success, and through that success, not only can I provide them with a better life, but others as well.
In The Science of Getting Rich, Wallace D. Wattles puts it this way.
- You do not want to get rich in order to live swinishly.
- You do not want to get rich solely to enjoy mental pleasures.
- You do not want to get rich solely for the good of others.
“You want to get rich in order that you may eat, drink and be merry when it is time to do these things; in order that you may surround yourself with beautiful things, see distant lands, feed your mind, and develop your intellect; in order that you may love mankind and do kind things, and be able to play a good part in helping the world to find truth.”
So yeah, I am grateful for money, and I am in the process of developing a healthier relationship with it.
