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learningtogrow · 03-07-2007, 03:24 AM

Erin wrote: A person with financial abundance does not spend more than they have. They spend comfortably within their means.

Doesn't financial abundance mean that you don't have to worry about money? I'm not going crazy spending. For a simple example..... I have clothes, but their old (REALLY old and outdated). I don't NEED clothes, but it sure would be nice to buy something sorta new in the last 5 years. I certainly don't have the income I'd like at the moment. I've been controlled by the fear of not having enough money my whole life. I feel if I really want to eliminate the fear of going broke, I stop worrying about where the money will come from. Does that make any sense? If I were to live within my means at the moment, I would not be buying anything but food right now and I feel like that keeps me in a place of fear. Do I just need to align my thinking like "I have everything I could possibly need, including money, so there's no need to spend?" I feel if this is the case, that I'm going to really really need to dig deep to believe it. Possible, but a much more difficult route. If I had money (like I supposedly do in my thoughts), I'd replace a few things that REALLY could use replacing.

Old Tex wrote: Law of Attraction works... you align yourself up with your intentions, in this case more income. To do this, you need to feel as if you have a larger income.

Are you saying to believe I have the money and spend it? Once again, not spending crazily (once a bargain shopper, always a bargain shopper), but just not living with the fear that if I spend $100 on clothes, that money could've been used to pay my gas bill and just letting life take it's course. No worries?
P.S. I am actively working towards more income. It just hasn't manifested itself yet.

03-07-2007, 03:24 AM	#7 (permalink)
learningtogrow Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 52	Still confused Erin wrote: A person with financial abundance does not spend more than they have. They spend comfortably within their means. Doesn't financial abundance mean that you don't have to worry about money? I'm not going crazy spending. For a simple example..... I have clothes, but their old (REALLY old and outdated). I don't NEED clothes, but it sure would be nice to buy something sorta new in the last 5 years. I certainly don't have the income I'd like at the moment. I've been controlled by the fear of not having enough money my whole life. I feel if I really want to eliminate the fear of going broke, I stop worrying about where the money will come from. Does that make any sense? If I were to live within my means at the moment, I would not be buying anything but food right now and I feel like that keeps me in a place of fear. Do I just need to align my thinking like "I have everything I could possibly need, including money, so there's no need to spend?" I feel if this is the case, that I'm going to really really need to dig deep to believe it. Possible, but a much more difficult route. If I had money (like I supposedly do in my thoughts), I'd replace a few things that REALLY could use replacing. Old Tex wrote: Law of Attraction works... you align yourself up with your intentions, in this case more income. To do this, you need to feel as if you have a larger income. Are you saying to believe I have the money and spend it? Once again, not spending crazily (once a bargain shopper, always a bargain shopper), but just not living with the fear that if I spend $100 on clothes, that money could've been used to pay my gas bill and just letting life take it's course. No worries? P.S. I am actively working towards more income. It just hasn't manifested itself yet.