The Breathing Prosperity blog

Monty Python has a recurring sketch on one of their episodes that’s a Robin Hood parody. It gets long, but soon Robin Hood has stolen so much from the rich that they are the poor – doesn’t change the rich or poor attitudes much – both in one way or another are pains in the tail bone!

I don’t think I resent rich people as much as I resent people who get money handed to them on a silver platter whenever they want it.

I’ve had trouble with that lately. I have a friend who doesn’t work because she gets sick when she tries (gee, I get sick and don’t want to work, and I go), so she has medications and gets paid through social security or Medicare or something – I’ve never pried that close.

But – she has a rich grandfather, and all she has to say is “I need,” and he’ll get it. She got a chunk of money for Christmas from him, several thousands of dollars. She bought a nice computer and a good digital camera with money from him. He bought her really nice furniture and electronics when she moved into her apartment. (I have a great computer, but oh boy, am I envious of that digital camera…) Her cat needed dental surgery – all she had to do was wait a month or ask grandpa (I think she waited.)

Granted, she doesn’t ask him very often, partly because when she needs money or something, it or a way of making it magically appears. She definitely doesn’t believe in Law of Attraction, yet it works for her so well — and I’m envious and resentful!

Theresa

Hi, Theresa;

You are doing a lot of work here, it is plain to see.

Your words are literally LOADED with limiting beliefs, and there are so many places we could start, including patience…you may also get huge benefit from personal coaching, where things are more private and you can really dig in on a one-to-one basis.

However, a good place to start is to stop thinking about what is NOT working…stop thinking about this other girl and what she is getting, unless you can shift your perspective to see that she is getting what she BELIEVES, and so are you…we all are. Don’t you hate it when people say things like that?? But it’s true.

You can find $20 or $100 on the street every day, and SO CAN SHE. Start thinking about what you WANT to create, and let the other things fall away — like anything new, it takes a while to create the habit. As you are discovering, your current ways of thinking have deep roots, and whether they feel ‘comfortable’ or not, they are indeed your comfort zone. This jealousy and envy and fear you are feeling are familiar to you….they are hard to let go of even though you don’t consciously ‘like’ them.

Mnay people have the same issue about money needing to be ‘earned’ – you’re not alone there. Try the following ot start:

* Picture finding money as you say you’d like to – start thinking of the myriad ways that $20 could end up on the street for you to find – make a list and keep adding to it – DO THIS. You’ll be surprised if you really do this how much it opens up your willingness to receive.
* Try wanting prosperity and abundance for your friend – see the times that she creates or receives money as proof that YOU can do this, too. The past does not equal the future – look at her and say ‘wow cool! I’m going to get me some of that’…and then look for signs in your OWN life that help you create your dreams. They are there – you are just focusing on what you don’t have, and what others have that you don’t.

Awesome job, Theresa. It’s not always fun, but believe me this ‘work’ is rewarding!

Love,

Shauna

This begins with a small meltdown, so feel free to ignore the first three paragraphs….Patience – I could definitely use some of that this morning. I am freaking out over things, most strongly my nonexistant job situation/money coming in and my inability to get my tail in gear and do something – anything, not just money and job related.

Last year especially was horrible financial and friends/family wise. I was fired twice in March, and worked about 15 hours for money all year long. Several family and friends died, and though I interviewed,the only time I got called back was a position that I didn’t really want, and Grandpa died the morning I was supposed to start, so she had to go with someone else. I finally gave up and concentrated on school, and now I’ve gotten so lazy…

This morning it all seems overwhelming, and a huge reinforcement of how much I need huge amounts of money and soon – Heidi needs food and grooming, a vet appointment and medicine, I need to buy my diploma, I owe my parents so much, they’re stretched thin financially too, especially with having to take care of two households. They may be dependent on me within the next few years, I need a doctor’s appointment and so on (haven’t had one in years), and I need to get other things done and being so slow and frustrating in doing..

Now my question – is there any type/version of a “LOA 911″? Somethings that I can do when I get in a tizzy like this (and I know at least one thing that triggered it this morning) to at least get calmed down and back on track?

Times like these I keep trying to find and focus on the positive but it doesn’t seem like I’m getting anywhere because I don’t have a check or bills in hand. I feel enormous pressure.

Thanks
Theresa

Hey Ophelia . Saw your answer to my post, and will do so – I’m going to post my list to this first… (Heidi’s a dog, btw – a beautiful, sweet loving Yorkie that I’m proud to call my girl.)

How can money end up on the street for me to find?

1. It blows away from someone/somewhere else.
2. Someone drops it without knowing
3. Someone drops it deliberately
4. Someone loses it in a robbery
5. It blows away from a drive through
6. It flies away during a bank deposit
7. Someone wins it in a lottery and decides it’s too little
8. It blows in from who knows where.
9. Falls off a counter and winds up outside
10. Fort Knox blows up sending hundreds of billions of dollars into the stratosphere
11. Wal-Mart’s bank blows up, sending hundreds of billions of dollars into the stratosphere
12. It’s a gift from the Universe – from thin air
13. A street Santa type person left it
14. It fell out/slipped out of someone’s pocket
15. It dropped from an airplane
16. It was part of a ratings boosting stunt – remember WKRP?
17. It’s a karma payment for the money I’ve lost
18. It blew in from one of the casinos
19. It blew out of a vehicle
20. Someone gave up money for Lent
21. It was someone’s offering
22. It blew out of the bank
23. It dropped out by the bank
24. Someone buried it, and it got uncovered.
25. The lady down the street left it out so Heidi and I would go that way and not where her dogs would bark
26. Someone used it or was going to use it for beer and drugs, and lost it instead.
27. It got stuck at the race track and fell off/out/away in town
28. It was in someone’s purse/pocket and worked itself out.
29. A kid dropped it.
30. It got lost during an argument
31. It came off a tired where it had stuck
32. A bird dropped it.