I invite you to read the following words and notice how they make you feel. At the end, I’ll share with you who said these brilliant words. You might be delightfully surprised. “Money, like all life, is an energy exchange. You give yourself over to whatever it is you’re passionate about, and what comes back to you is energy, in the form of monetary compensation.” “What you focus on expands, and if you focus on the goodness in your life, you create more of it.” “If you live life with an open palm rather than a closed fist, you leave room for immeasurable blessings to flow to your hands.” “You attract more or less of what you want by how you choose to interact with it, as well as what you believe about yourself.” “You are capable. You are able. You are deserving. You are creative. You do have it inside of you to create what you want to create and for it to go well with you, and for you, to build a life around it.” Go ahead and take a deep breath. Now, let it out. These brilliant words are from Alicia Keys, the immensely talented singer, songwriter, pianist, as she recorded a video sharing from her latest book, More Myself, and the video she recorded is titled, “Shifting from Scarcity to Abundance.” The thing is, Alicia Keys didn’t always believe these things that she said, and it was a journey for her to get from a place where she was feeling really scarce in all of her life, to having a more expansive view that allowed her to be in this place of gratitude. These words and phrases that she shared are what I call your “Money Stories.” Money stories are those beliefs that we all carry that affect our relationship with money (and actually all of life itself). In a class that I led recently, “What’s Your Money Story?”, one of the participants called these “Money Mantras.” In this instance, mantras are like affirmations, those things that we tell ourselves that we affirm to be true in our lives. And so, my question for you today is, in the atmosphere of these brilliant, more expansive words of Alicia Keys: What are the mantras you are telling yourself today? And can you lean into those ideas that make you feel even more expansive, more creative and more abundant, in and as your life? Abundant Blessings and Namaste.
Special Note: If you're interested in learning more about your money stories, please check out this upcoming webinar I'm leading on "What's Your Money Story?" by clicking here: https://bit.ly/3fTj5lY
Have you ever gone out to eat with a group of people and experienced a situation that, when the bill comes, there are different responses from different people? One person might take the bill and say, “Let’s go ahead and split this up evenly.” Another person might take the bill and say, “You know what, let’s pay each according to what they ate or drank.” A third person might say, “You know what, that’s too much trouble. Let me go ahead and cover the whole bill,” and gives their credit card. And another person might say, “You know what, that’s a great idea. Let that person cover the whole bill!” You see, what each person is expressing, whether they realize it or not, are their individual money stories, those beliefs that they have that affect their relationship with money. And there’s a lot of conflict that sometimes emerges when people can’t understand that people are coming from different money stories. So, in this situation, who do you tend to be at that table? And are you open to people expressing their money stories in different ways, different from you? Abundant Blessings and Namaste.
Special Note: If you're interested in learning more about your money stories, please check out this upcoming webinar I'm leading on "What's Your Money Story?" by clicking here: https://bit.ly/3fTj5lY
Special Note: If you're interested in learning more about your money stories, please check out this upcoming webinar I'm leading on "What's Your Money Story?" by clicking here: https://bit.ly/3fTj5lY
Recently, I heard a parent telling their child this statement.
"You have to work hard for your money. Money doesn't grow on trees." How many of us have heard that statement before? Whether or not he realized it, this parent was instilling in his child his money story. A money story is a belief that you have about money that affects your relationship with money. And so this money story of, "You have to work hard for your money. Money doesn't grow on trees," then is passing on this message that making money is a struggle. It's hard work. It will probably require sacrifice, long hours, stress, tears, a lot of hard work. Imagine if the father had said this instead. "Money is creative energy, and you are a creative being." Imagine how that child would take that story and apply it into their life. Henry Ford once said, "Whether you think you can or think you can't, you're right." So, what story do you want to be telling yourself this day? Abundant Blessings and Namaste. |
About JoselitoJoselito is a spiritual life coach helping people create a purposeful, spiritual path to career and financial freedom. Sign me up to receive the free newsletterPopular Blog Articles Beware (Be Aware of) these 5 Unhelpful Money Stories How my body told me to quit my job How I was offered an all-expenses paid cruise after making my Vision Board Today I choose to live my GREATNESS You are not your stories. You are the story-teller. Your job is not your Source. |
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