What is Money?

“Most of the time we relate to money as something separate from ourselves – a “thing” to be managed, lost, spent, or saved – but rarely do we appreciate the use of money, with its myriad implications…” – Landmark Education

I read a great post about how money represents our strongest and deepest EMOTIONS. We put a lot of value on money as a way to get what we want.

“People imagine that money will provide personal fulfillment for themselves and their loved ones, that it will give them a sense of security and exciting new possibilities for their life ahead.”

Isn’t that interesting that money is possibility. One thing I learned at Landmark is to be less fearful of money. Of course money itself is fancy paper. Nothing more or less. But our emotions are attached to money. If you don’t have enough to cover the basics of life, it’s incredibly scary.

Money is attached to power, to control, to our fears — even our spirituality is tied to money. We can feel guilty for not giving enough, for having more money than others. We feel great when we give to a cause or a person – when money is an expression of our generosity. As a country we have a lot of anxiety about money right now.

Fear of not having enough money can make people do crazy things. People will ignor other people’s needs to save money, as evidenced in the death of a Walmart employee who was killed in a stampede of shoppers who wanted a Black Friday deal.

“There is a lot of fear surrounding our finances: fear of dependency, fear of success, fear of failure, fear of loss, and fear of the unknown.”

The thing is you can never have enough money to wipe away all of your fears. Even the ultra-rich can feel incredibly poor or have wants bigger than their bank accounts.

If you live in a poor country and have money, part of your survival is learning to ignore beggars and poverty you see everywhere all of the time.

What are your fears about money? What does it represent to you? What things have you done or creative ideas have you had that help you in managing your money?

Written by admin on November 29th, 2008 with 1 comment.
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