Hello all
I'm new to the forum but like what I see so far very much. It's nice to find a place with like-minded people and share your thoughts and experiences and hear others'. I just wanted to introduce myself and share what I realised last night.
For the last 6 months I have been switching my mindset about money and wealth. I have been doing a lot of work, through reading, going to seminars and practical application of what I am learning. I am a spiritual person and do Reiki so when I heard about LOA and embraced it fully, it totally made sense. Most days I feel great and have genuine anticipation that something amazing and just enjoying the growth and the journey towards it. However, every now and then I feel quite overwhelmed and start to focus on where I am now not where I'm heading.
I know beating yourself up isn't the answer but sometimes you still end up doing it.
Anyway, I met up with a friend yesterday and we were talking about money and our attitudes towards it. She had some good points like she doesn't give it much energy as she knows she will always be alright and she always had what she needs, however she wasn't comfortable speaking about what she wants. I've been doing a lot of goal setting and have wants as long as my arm! We talked about our parents attitude to money and the effect it has on us. Listening to her I could hear clear as day the fear she has about money, the intinmadtion she feels around people with money, the fact that she doesn't trust herself around money or her judgement in terms of people that gravitate towards her when she has money and generally the lack and limitation she put out there right to the point of saying "I don't want lots of money".
Each to their own I say, but I found it very interesting indeed. I could hear all the negative aspects of what she was saying about money clear as day and knew that I used to hold some of them. It made me see that as much as I have a long way to go, I have still come a long way and if I am capable of coming this far, I am capable going at least the same distance into the future, although I know there are no limits to where I can go.
So my point of this longwinded post is to hang in there. LOA teaches us to look forward and be happy in the present, but looking back can also help you to look forward and be happy in the present. For all of you that have read "Ask and it is Given" (which, if you haven't I wholeheartedly recommend) one of their processes gets power from looking back as a reference.
Remember to give thanks for how far you have come and know that because of that you are capable of going further and further - the possibilities are endless.
Love, light and abundance x x x
