Accepting The Source Of Your Income

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Starting from a young age, we are taught that we need to work hard, get a job and earn our money. This mentality is great to motivate youth to get off the couch and develop a little bit of ambition. The downside of teaching everyone that they need to work hard to earn their income is that it develops a scarcity mentality. It also causes us to think that the only way for us to create income in our lives is to work harder or to generate it by adding a second or third job into our already busy lives. This type of “work is the only way to get money” thinking can also lead people away from their true purpose in life, their true passions

One clear example of this type of narrow mindedness came about in my own life. I was always taught that in order to be successful I needed a lot of money, and therefore that meant that I needed to get a very high paying job and work grueling hours. And I did. I got several high paying jobs and worked upwards of 60 hours per week, despite still being enrolled in school in a co-op program. It was all great for awhile because I believed that I had reached my “success goal” and that I was finally successful because my income was coming from a high paying job. But then things started to unravel, as they are so likely to do in such situations. My health got worse and I started to loose my hair, my acne flared up and I was always tired. My relationships suffered immensely because I had to move away from my boyfriend, my friends and family.

That’s when I started researching the law of attraction and other forms of intentional creation. It didn’t take long for me to realize that we are powerful beings and that we can create income in different ways in our lives. This happened to me a few short months into my employment with “a big successful company.” I had been practicing visualization and feeling at one with lots of money. I went to sleep one night while listening to a relaxation MP3 that left me feeling so free, joyful and loved. The next morning I received a paper from my company that asked me to fill out some forms because I was being offered a scholarship. As it turned out I was given $7500 of scholarship money toward continuing my university education.

Little Known Truth

In life the equation might seem very complicated, but if you factor out some common denominators and eliminate some redundant terms you get left with a fairly simple way to calculate your worth. It looks a little something like this:

What You Give Out = (What You Get Back) x (Multiplication Factor)

A lot of people think that the equation is way more complex and so they undertake something more along the lines of:

(Exchange Time through Work = Money) => (Use Money to Buy Things = Shortlived Joy)
Divided by (Use Money to Regain Health, Relationships, Dreams = Lack of Energy)

Your Job is Not Your Only Source Of Income

Every day we are reminded that we need to pay our bills. Sometimes we think the only way we will ever be able to pay all our bills or afford a special vacation or toy (house, car, boat, etc) is through getting a raise at work. I have seen it countless times. People put off their dreams because they think that they need to wait to get a promotion at work to afford it. I’m not saying that you should go out and spend tons of money putting things on your credit cards, because that would be dangerous for your credit rating. What I am saying is that sometimes if you stop focusing on work as the only source, you will see that you have so much more to offer the world than just your time at the office or at your job.

Here is a more tangible example of giving and how you can expect to receive. Most people understand that if you want to receive more smiles and compliments, you should give out more smiles and compliments. This works only if you give compliments out and smile genuinely and not simply in order to receive them yourself, otherwise people will pick up on your game. In the long run people will begin to compliment you and treat you the same way as you treat them. Why would it be different with money? If you give out money with no expectations of receiving it back, but with the understanding that the more you spend it with love, the more it will return to you from loving hands. For example instead of begrudging the local hair dresser a tip, why not give freely within your means? When you tip at restaurants, do so with the understanding that this is how you would like to be treated. A shift will take place in your own life and you will find yourself receiving similar tips and income.

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Allow It To Come In From The Opposite Direction

If you are hoping to get a specific sum of money to pay for a special item in your life, then do not be attached to where it will come from. Sometimes you will receive the money as a gift from your family or an old friend who owed you years ago will suddenly pay you back. Other times you will win money through a raffle prize or you might find a $50 bill outside in the park. Life is truly magical and simply being open to allowing the income to flow into your life from any direction speeds up the arrival of this money.

Conclusion

As it turns out, this type of shift takes some getting used to because we are all so conditioned to thinking that our jobs are the source of our income. In the case of my scholarship money, it took a few months for me to receive it. During that time I was so worried that it wouldn’t materialize, that the reference letter I had asked of my teacher would not be sufficient and that maybe they would just up and change their minds about my value. In hindsight I can now say that by focusing on what I could give others and what value I could provide, I was worthy of that scholarship. It was only by allowing myself to realize that income is not only dollar bills in your hand, but discounts off items, bartered services, and unexpected gifts or prizes.


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