Money

Money

Who owns the money you've worked so hard to earn? Have you surrendered your financial ownership because good girls don't need wealth? Have you confused goodness with financial entitlement?

It is your right to have wealth. It allows you to make choices about your life; secures your future and is part of your identity.

Protect your wealth! Work for, take ownership of, and be proud of it.

Someday wealth will mean the difference between independence and subservience.


Kiss Your Life... 365 Reasons to Love Who You Are

Reason: 44 Page: 62

By: Ann Mody Lewis, Ph.D.

Commentary:

The pursuit of money has led us to believe that it is the ‘root of all evil.’ The Beatles put it this way in their song Taxman: (if you drive a car)…I’ll tax the street
                                                 (if you try to sit)….I’ll tax your seat
                                                 (if you get too cold)…I’ll tax the heat
                                                 (if you take a walk)…I’ll tax your feet

The greed of the ‘taxman’ exemplifies the evil money can create making the accumulation of money more important than the ‘good’ money could create. Our primal need for money forces us to clarify our feelings about it. Does money have the power to transform the human heart? In itself can it cause us to turn against each other? Can money overrule our conscience? On a daily basis money poses many questions that each individual must answer for themselves, and as they do their relationship with it is crystallized.

John Buckley writes in Satisfied Mind:     Money can’t buy all your youth when you’re old
                                                                               A friend when you’re lonely or peace for your soul
                                                                               The wealthiest person is poorer at times
                                                                               Compared to the man with a satisfied mind.

Money is a tool that should never become our purpose. It validates who we are but never should define our character. Money can be a gift but never a replacement for expressing love. Men are conditioned to consider money a sign of their power and proof of their privilege. Women on the other hand, are usually timid about money because they know others will judge them harshly if they expect it. When couples divorce he may covet his money and she may feel embarrassed demanding what is rightfully hers.

To enjoy a ‘satisfied mind’ you must understand that ‘money can’t give you love.”

This month’s discussion will include all the ways gender shapes our attitudes about money? Why does money become more important than happiness? How does the world suffer when those who have money forget those who don’t? How do we develop healthy attitudes about money? What should parents teach their children about money?

Let’s talk!

Ann