THE MONEY RELATIONSHIP

I was listening to someone speak about successful relationships. He was talking about personal intimate relationships--lover-to-lover. He said the three most important elements of a good relationship were respect, trust and love.

This got me thinking. I have a beautiful personal intimate relationship. I have no problem with these three qualities. Plenty of love, plenty of trust, plenty of respect.

So the question is could I transfer these elements to my relationship with money, where I could definitely use some improvement? I really being honest now. Let me look at each of these elements and ask myself a few questions. Perhaps, you'd like to join me in answering them for yourselves at the same time.

RESPECT
How are we in the area of respect of money? The dictionary defines respect as, "high or special regard, esteem, the quality or quality or state of being esteemed."

I would have to say I have respect for money, but am I putting having lots and lots of money to far up on the pedestal...out of reach? Is the possession of lots of money too good for me? Self-respect would be the other side of the coin (no pun intended). How can I attract money into my life without self-respect? It would be impossible. So much about having abundance is about feeling deserving. Of course, I am deserving of money. I am a child of God! I deserve the abundance of the Universe.

TRUST
The next element is trust. Do I trust money? Do I trust myself with money? Is there a part of me that feels I would not know what to do with money if I had lots of it? Do I trust that there will always be enough money for me, for my projects? Do I trust myself with money? I must. Divine Intelligence flows through me as me. I will always know what to do.

LOVE
The third element is love. Do I love money? So much from our past and race consciousness tells us that loving money might be evil. Money is after all said to be the "root of all evil." Isn't it "...harder for a rich man to get into heaven than for a camel to get through the eye of the needle?" Well, in order for a camel to get through the eye of the needle, he must kneel down. Camels can do this, but it is not easy for them. Does that mean that being rich makes it hard to be good? There is nothing wrong with loving money. Money is God in Action.

This is all a bunch of past programming. If we really look at these blocks we can literally feel their ridiculousness. These thoughts are not as I was told in a fabulous talk at the NoHo Arts Center yesterday, at all "normal."

It is only normal to be rich, abundant with more to give and share with the world. It is time to really examine these three elements of a good relationship with money: LOVE, TRUST, RESPECT. I deserve to have an abundant life and so do you.