“The real ‘haves’ are they who can acquire freedom, self-confidence, and even riches without depriving others of them. They acquire all of these by developing and applying their potentialities. On the other hand, the real ‘have nots’ are they who cannot have aught except by depriving others of it. They can feel free only by diminishing the freedom of others, self-confident by spreading fear and dependence among others, and rich by making others poor.” – Eric Hoffer
How does it strike you when I say, ‘I love money’? I love wealth and affluence and abundance.
What do you think when you read that?
Some people say, ‘Well, duh. Everyone loves money.’
There are others who will feel uncomfortable with an unfettered love of affluence.
There’s a Bible passage that says, ‘It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God” (Matthew 19:24) And perhaps you grew up with the idea that loving money and wealth is greedy.
Not feeling worthy, issues of deserveability plague many people and our relationships to money...