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Originally Posted by Angela  That's great! Doesn't it feel much better to tell that story?
(it definitely feels better to hear it.  ) |
Ok, then let's go back in time an hour or two:
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Originally Posted by moonrambler Some of us absolutely without a single doubt need to get out of this mindset of "Oh, something will happen to get us out of this mess." Some of us have lived like this for a long time and have just made a bigger and bigger mess. Some of us truly need to learn how to get ourselves out of a mess we created, without always being confident that money will "appear" out of the blue. What about all the people for whom this money doesn't just "appear"? |
This is part of the story. Well, it's part of my story. A lot of us have a story about a mess. Steve went bankrupt and he has created a wonderful new life providing tremendous value to multitudes of people. Paul almost went bankrupt, and he sounds pleased as plum pudding with his new career as a blogger and money-making coach. Cylon has said he had his issues with money as well some years back, and has moved on to creating joy and synchronicity.
I do not think it's such a bad thing to take a look at the mess. I don't mean to look at it and say, "Loser! Loser! Loser! You can't do anything right! Look how horrible everything is! We'll never be able to make the car payment! Pretty soon we'll be eating cat food!"
I also am wary of the idea of looking at the mess and saying, "I am financially abundant! I know I'll always have what I need, so I'm going to take my last ten bucks and buy five lottery tickets and a bottle of cheap wine! I know the universe will provide!" Then in the morning what you have is five worthless lottery tickets and a hangover.
What I mean is, I look at it and say, "Well, heck. Before I re-invented myself, I created this mess. What am I going to do to resolve it lickety-splitly, in a healthy and positive way?"