It is true. I have been struggling financially for years, I am self employed and get by doing a variety of gigs to make ends meet week to week month to month. I have been in this pattern for almost a decade now and somehow I always find enough work to get the bare minimum to get by. It has been very stressful at times and it would be nice to have more financial stability, but I have noticed that right when I am on the verge of disaster something always seems to come along and get me through.
I have to keep reminding myself of this, that I always seem to have just enough and I need to let go of that financial stress and trust in my good fortune more.
I give you a lot of credit—living that way takes a lot of guts, and I imagine no matter how hard you try, some doubts about money are going to creep in.
When I was writing this, I kept thinking back to a conversation I had with a friend who gets by in basically the same way. She said the same thing—there were some tough spots, but somehow, the money always came.
It's actually kind of dumb that for so many of us, the instinct is to trust more in a promised pension from a city that keeps getting worse by the day than to trust in god/whatever other metaphysical force has kept us alive so far. Trusting in my good fortune more is a constant reminder that I could use, too.
Beautiful Melissa, you Exposed much about the world of money!
To me money is energy and a few "at the top" are in birth it, control it, manipulate it and bend it to its Will, usually to the detriment of most people and a benefit of the few. In this world we generally need $ to:
Eat, have a home, a means of transportation, clothes, furniture, leisure activities, etc etc = money is energy. Theoretically money can be freedom to chose and live your life as you want but that is often not the case.
I so much enjoy your metaphysics writings! You dig into things few write about and even fewer think of.
That's a great conceptualization of it. I think the wealth/energy comparison works, and fits in nicely with the remarkable people who are very good at gambling. It seems like money is something you either have or you don't (and that neither one necessarily makes for a better life), but still, I wonder whether the ordinary person can attract it to themselves.
& Thanks so much! It's been pretty good for me to wake up every morning and think about something 'more' before starting the daily grind. I'm glad you've been enjoying them.
The quote is "the love of money is the root of all evil" . In other words when we worship money, and the power it brings, or when the fear of not having enough drives us, then we may find ourselves doing evil. Nice article, with some good thoughts.
Oh wow! This makes way more sense—I've only ever heard it shortened the way I wrote it in the article, which might ironically be an illustration of what the quote warns against. Thanks so much, David!
Read it all and yep still, no I'm not but you're absolutely right, far too many are.
The three most important takes I took from your essay, yo mamma's two ‘catchphrases’ and "In reality, we take our bad times in stride and enjoy our good times when they come."
Yep money, t'ain't no thang & it's always been there when you needed it, else you wouldn't be here now.
Good & bad, we need a bit of both. If we didn't have the bad to compare it to the good would soon seem to be pablum, rolled oats.
Haha! Consider yourself one of the lucky ones—far too many people are for sure (including myself occasionally, which is why I decided to write myself this gentle reminder this morning).
So true that we need the bad to compare to the good (which is why so many wealthy people need to do increasingly twisted stuff just to feel some type of excitement).
It is true. I have been struggling financially for years, I am self employed and get by doing a variety of gigs to make ends meet week to week month to month. I have been in this pattern for almost a decade now and somehow I always find enough work to get the bare minimum to get by. It has been very stressful at times and it would be nice to have more financial stability, but I have noticed that right when I am on the verge of disaster something always seems to come along and get me through.
I have to keep reminding myself of this, that I always seem to have just enough and I need to let go of that financial stress and trust in my good fortune more.
I give you a lot of credit—living that way takes a lot of guts, and I imagine no matter how hard you try, some doubts about money are going to creep in.
When I was writing this, I kept thinking back to a conversation I had with a friend who gets by in basically the same way. She said the same thing—there were some tough spots, but somehow, the money always came.
It's actually kind of dumb that for so many of us, the instinct is to trust more in a promised pension from a city that keeps getting worse by the day than to trust in god/whatever other metaphysical force has kept us alive so far. Trusting in my good fortune more is a constant reminder that I could use, too.
Beautiful Melissa, you Exposed much about the world of money!
To me money is energy and a few "at the top" are in birth it, control it, manipulate it and bend it to its Will, usually to the detriment of most people and a benefit of the few. In this world we generally need $ to:
Eat, have a home, a means of transportation, clothes, furniture, leisure activities, etc etc = money is energy. Theoretically money can be freedom to chose and live your life as you want but that is often not the case.
I so much enjoy your metaphysics writings! You dig into things few write about and even fewer think of.
That's a great conceptualization of it. I think the wealth/energy comparison works, and fits in nicely with the remarkable people who are very good at gambling. It seems like money is something you either have or you don't (and that neither one necessarily makes for a better life), but still, I wonder whether the ordinary person can attract it to themselves.
& Thanks so much! It's been pretty good for me to wake up every morning and think about something 'more' before starting the daily grind. I'm glad you've been enjoying them.
The quote is "the love of money is the root of all evil" . In other words when we worship money, and the power it brings, or when the fear of not having enough drives us, then we may find ourselves doing evil. Nice article, with some good thoughts.
Oh wow! This makes way more sense—I've only ever heard it shortened the way I wrote it in the article, which might ironically be an illustration of what the quote warns against. Thanks so much, David!
Replying to your title; No I'm not.
OK, now I'll go back up and read your essay and see if I have'ta eat my words. (grin)
Read it all and yep still, no I'm not but you're absolutely right, far too many are.
The three most important takes I took from your essay, yo mamma's two ‘catchphrases’ and "In reality, we take our bad times in stride and enjoy our good times when they come."
Yep money, t'ain't no thang & it's always been there when you needed it, else you wouldn't be here now.
Good & bad, we need a bit of both. If we didn't have the bad to compare it to the good would soon seem to be pablum, rolled oats.
Haha! Consider yourself one of the lucky ones—far too many people are for sure (including myself occasionally, which is why I decided to write myself this gentle reminder this morning).
So true that we need the bad to compare to the good (which is why so many wealthy people need to do increasingly twisted stuff just to feel some type of excitement).
Thanks, Jim!