IS IT More Blessed to Give Than To Receive?

Jessie’s comment reminded me of a Prosperity Workshop I once attended. One of the exercises was to go to the streets in Boston and give away one-dollar bills.

People would say,
“What?! Do I look like I need money?”
Or
“What's this for?! Why are you doing this?”
Or even just
“I don’t need it.”

I love to give and so do most people. However, there is an art to receiving that will honor the giver. If no one can receive then how can the giver give?

Okay, so if I’m ready and open to receive money then someone ought to tell my chest.

It’s the place in my body that constricts when I’m given money. My mind then thinks, "What strings are attached? Do I deserve it? Did I EARN it?" and a level of shame enters into my being. I feel that I SHOULD have done things differently and produced all the money myself. Growing up, my Mom always said I could have anything I wanted as long as I could pay for it -- she didn’t know about credit cards in those days... ;-)

T. Harv Eker -- in his book “Secrets of the Millionaire Mind” -- talks about how our comfort level with money is like a thermostat in our house: it's set for one temperature. If it gets too hot, it cools down; and if it gets too cold, it heats up. It's always keeping the set point the same.

So, my question all day today has been, how can I raise my internal money set point?

Thank you, to each of you, for opening your hearts and sharing so honestly about your relationship with money. Each one of us has valuable insights to offer and I, for one, am extremely grateful to be learning and dancing this dance with you!

Let's Talk About Money

People talk about religion and politics more than they talk about money.

Oh, except for constant dialog about how we don’t have any.

OR that there’s more month left than money.

OR their next great solution to how I can get extremely rich.

I "just" need to “change my thoughts”; “invest”; “not invest”; “work harder”; or “work smarter, not harder”. I have spent time looking at my money history; learning “The Secret”' and changing my thoughts. I have invested a lot of money in courses that were supposed to catapult me into wealth and make me a lot of money...

And here I sit -- bills to be paid -- feeling guilty because I can’t control my thoughts of lack... and knowing for sure that that is the reason the money is not flowing at this moment into my bank accounts.

And no one is talking – except to complain or give advice. I receive so many emails from people promising that if I "just do this" or "do that" I’ll make a lot of money. That may be true, and I’m caught somewhere in the middle of being technically savvy and not knowing how to implement all the wonderful ideas that cost lots of money for me to learn. I have definitely contributed to the wealth of many.

I feel like my truth is right in front of my face and I’m missing it... I have no answers, only thoughts, and more questions. So, as I continue on my journey to wealth, I decided to start a blog where, hopefully, people will exchange their emotional feelings around money. So I'll share mine and you'll share yours and we can be on this journey together.