As I was looking after my horses and looking at the countryside,  breathing in the fresh country air and enjoying the green grass coming up everywhere, a thought crossed my mind. You see, it has been quite a while that I could depend on a salary paid by some boss so I have been without that monthly security what seems like ages already.

Living on my own and having to take care of 6 animals (3 dogs, 3 horses) plus all life´s expenses all this time has made me to say the least very prudent whenever I open my wallet, thinking twice before I spend anything. So I have been living without a lot of the pleasures you can have in life that cost money just to make sure I would not overspend but at the same time put a lot of effort and invested money in what I felt wise for my future when it came to my business.

Recently though I have been getting this nagging feeling that maybe I am going at it the wrong way and that at times my life just seems to pass by without really truly enjoying every moment of it, especially after long days at home, typing away and doing whatever I feel I need to do to bring in money and grown my business.

So I started wondering…

Does my Own Mind Make me Poor?

Isn´t “poor” just a state of mind really, when you come to think of it?

Thinking twice or even three times before I buy necessities in the supermarket, finding ways to cut corners on my food bill, or not using my car unless it is really really necessary for example has gotten me in a state of mind that I am always thinking that I don´t have enough money to get by.

What I am getting at is that it seems that the more I think about this, the more it feels like bills are piling up or unforeseen expenses knock on my door, and yet I do have this core believe that I will make it and that all is alright because after all, I have been managing so far without too many problems.

So what if I were able to change that nagging feeling of struggle and being poor? What if I were again able to enjoy all that life is giving me and have been giving me so far and go back to being able to enjoy every minute of it?

Looking at the news for example, where 90% of airtime is taken up by news about recessions, banks falling over, governments setting up plans to save the economy and spending outrageous amounts of money you can hardly even imagine, isn´t that all adding to that nagging feeling?

Isn´t it just causing more fear, more insecurity among those who have taken out loans or are afraid of losing their job?

One million dollars is only a lot when you don’t have it.

Having ten million, one million can practically be overlooked,

and is therefore much less intimidating.

Pretend you have ten million.

Now more than ever it is apparent that money really is just an illusion. Just a piece of paper with a number on it, trying to convince us from it´s worth. Governments just printing new bills, new crispy fresh money if they feel it is needed to bring more money into the world, sometimes without having the funds to really back it up. Adding more illusion to the value of money.

So this morning, when filling the water buckets of my horses and sniffing up that fresh country air, feeling the first rays of sun on my skin again, I felt I should be thinking about just how rich I really am, fortunate with my life, friends and family and just look at the upside of things, nothing else.

Be grateful, really grateful for all I have in life and focus my mind on that instead of focussing on things that only drag me down. Feeling rich again for all I have achieved in life already,  really feeling rich in my mind again.

So tell me, is YOUR Mind Making You POOR?

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