Mountains of Arizona
Cool 46 Degrees
3:45 p.m.
I grew up in a very Christian part of the world. Money was evil. Rich people were going to hell. And only those who had “little” (compared to anyone they didn’t like) could possibly call themselves righteous.
Being the rebellious kid I was (I was rebellious on the inside only back then, a total sheep from the outside.), I was determined to get myself some of that “filthy lucre” I had been told about and take it out for a test drive on my own.
That started me off in the world of business. Mr. Robert Kiyosaki gets the award for firing up my being to go chasing after some goal I couldn’t even put into words.
Rich Dad, Poor Dad and Cashflow Quadrant were enough to get me running out the door of the bookstore to build my dream. I didn’t even know what my dream was! I had no idea for a business, no business skills whatsoever, but boy was I excited about it!
Years later, I discovered something weird:
Despite what you’ve heard, money doesn’t make you rich. Crazy? Of course it’s crazy. We have to be crazy otherwise we end up insane like most people in the world are trained to be.
But if money doesn’t make you rich, what does?
Something else does. It’s something money can’t buy but something that can bring money as a result of having it.
It is a feeling. A vibration. A way of seeing the world. A wholeness in the midst of which you live your life.
It is the effect and the cause, the end that is really the beginning, the destination at which you arrive before you begin your journey.
The good news is that richness is free. The bad news is that most people are so entrained to chase money they will never realize they already possess the richness they seek.
Dare I say this “richness” is the ability to embody true love? Can I say that? Are we ready for that? I think we are! I’m going to say it anyway.
You get to choose how you spend your days. You can chase money or you can embody love.
In my experience, only one of those paths leads to true fulfillment.