There are many authors and speakers from the past as well as from the present that have talked about the laws of attraction and other laws of the universe in order that we can take control of our lives and lead better, and more enriching lives. There is a multiplicity of knowledge out there and a wisdom of limitless proportions.
If you are not familiar with the law of attraction, or the philosophical teachings of the ages, read the teachings of King Salomon, Jesus Christ, Joseph Murphy, Wallace D. Wattles, Napoleon Hill, Lin Yutang, Anthony Robbins, Dale Carnergie, and Buddha, to name a few. This blog is about applying the teachings of these masters into my life in order to prove to myself and the world that each and everyone of us have the power to transform not only our lives, but the lives of those connected to us as well.
In the course of this project, I will work with the teachings of Joseph Murphy, Jesus Christ, Wallace D. Wattles, and Napoleon Hill. Wallace D. Wattles wrote his immortal book "the science of getting rich." one year before his death in 1910. Joseph Murphy wrote in 1972 Miracle Power of Infinite Riches, now renamed Think Yourself Rich (2001), and Napoleon Hill wrote a library of 16 books called The Law of Success (1931), and Think and Grow Rich in 1937.
Yesterday I introduced myself and laid out my 365 days plan to transform my life and the dreams and goals that I would work on. I wrote about my troubled past, and my present problems, the sadness, frustrations, failures, etc; my justification for doing what I have done.
I thought a lot about what I wrote yesterday. I even went to bed really late at night thinking about those things. And today as well. And this is what I thought: There was a sense of lack in my life, and naturally I thought of all the things that were missing and the number of problems that I needed to solve, as if saying that if I accomplished and had all those things I would not be writing this blog. It is a natural way of thinking, but a very flawed one.
Nothing of what you have in your life gives you happiness. People with perfect relationships, all the money in the world, all the friends in the world, beautiful children, everything perfect, have killed themselves. What then bring you happiness? Gratitude. I don't need to have everything that I mentioned that I wanted to have to be happy. I can be grateful right now.
If everything I do is to focus in my misery and the flawed belief that when I end my money problems or find the perfect woman I'll be happy, then the center of my happiness and fulfilment will forever lie outside my sphere of influence. What I can start doing right now is to give thanks for what I have. To focus on what I have and to start having faith in God.
Joseph Murphy and Wallace D. Wattles both teach us that adopting the habit of gratitude has a very powerful effect. The first benefit is a shift in our focus from what we lack to what we have. The second benefit is a belief in a Deity, God, or the supreme being. To believe in God is to belief in his laws and the divine order things. It is for this reason that Wallace D. Wattles says in his book: "You cannot exercise much power without gratitude, for it is gratitude, that keeps you connected with power" (God).
The third benefit is that the feeling of gratitude, the feeling of having, the feeling of wealth, tends to produce more wealth, more things, more blessings, etc. The feeling of lack, not believing in God, believing only in chance, gives us the feeling of powerlessness. Instead of feeling the presence of God within us, we feel empty and lonely.
My challenge (this blog is about me!) is to start feeling grateful for what I have, and begin a routine of prayer and affirming the good in everything. I will show you how I am going to start doing this in the coming days.
Today I thought about my relationship with money. I asked myself why I am in such a deep hole. With all the knowledge and with all the books that I've read. I couldn't understand why I didn't prevent myself from falling into debt.
I think this pattern of thinking (Your actions are the product your thoughts) comes from my childhood years. See, when I was born my family was very rich. My father had three very successful businesses. My mother managed one of them, and we were never in want (except for me). At about 7 years old, when I started having friends and playing with other kids, my new friends always reminded me that my father had lots of money, and that I was rich. They made sure I understood I wasn't one of them; I couldn't belong or fit in. This made me very sad. I would ask my mother for an explanation. I would ask her "mom, my friends say that we are rich?" My mom would laugh and say "no, tell them we are not rich, but half-rich.
Two of the businesses that my father had were clothing stores. My father was very stingy in giving me new clothes. (He did that because, to him, making your kids getting used to receiving everything that they asked for was bad parenting (he later revealed)), I rarely dressed very well, and everyone that knew me could not understand why the son of a rich merchand owner dressed like homeless kid. I did not know what to say. I felt I never quite belonged. The reasons I came up with were these:
1-My family had money (belonging).
2-I didn't have enough (There is something wrong with me, I was not good enough).
3-I had the worst father (Fatherless, close to feeling homeless).
3-I had the worst father (Fatherless, close to feeling homeless).
I used to think If I had a better father, I would have been happier. I came to believe that I was a victim of my parent's upbringing. I tried so hard to be good. Even when my parents got a divorce and my mother moved to a different town I decided to stay living with my father. That only lasted for one year. Later I moved with my mom and visited my father (without him asking me to) once a month. I always wished my father was more responsible, more loving, more generous, but he wasn't. Even now I think that if it wasn't for him, I would have had a better life. I resented him and my mother. The feeling of "not being good enough" was attributed to my upbringing. Not being good enough, I think, is a feeling of wanting to express oneself in a certain way, and not knowing how.
I did mentioned that I was going to forgive my parents and be more responsible for my happiness, but after telling you this story regarding how my relationship with money started, can you now make a connection of what what I thought about money back then and how I don't have it right now?
What is your story?
People are not victims of their pasts, but their own interpretations.
What is your story?
People are not victims of their pasts, but their own interpretations.
My challenge in the coming days is to forgive my parents , myself, and change my attitude and beliefs regarding that little thing called MONEY.
Thanks for reading.
Thanks for reading.
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