From Underearning to Abundance

In everything, good or bad, there is a lesson for us to learn. Currently for me the question is what can I learn from the weather that we have been experiencing in New England. The experts are already talking about this as the cloudiest June in over 100 years.

So what can I, who loves the summer with the sun, learn from this? When I can sit outside and enjoy the sun and the beautiful surrounding I am at my best. The energy from the sun charges me up and I get going on projects that have been waiting. As you can guess this gloomy weather is not helping me at all. It is hard to imagine that there is a useful lesson in this kind of weather? Since this has been a record month of lousy weather it has to have more than one thing to teach me. When I think about it, I realize that I am going to learn that there are a multitude of learning experiences hidden in this gloomy June month. Open mind with curiosity about what is in store can take a person far.

It is when I look at the situation that is at hand and look for the opportunities in it, that I enjoy life more. I have already made progress on several projects, and that is with minimal sun. Life moves forward when we make the decision that is should and will move forward.

The underearner who opens her mind to the learning that is all around her and looks for the opportunities in the learning will move forward in her life and live a life of abundance.

Love and peace,

ElinAnna

Tags: enjoy life, learning, Life of abundance, open minde, opportunity, summer, underearner, weather

When you are going across a narrow bridge, where is your focus? Is it on where you don’t want to go or on where you want to go? When we focus on where we don’t want to go it is amazing what happens. It is like it is a magnet and that is where we end up. Therefore we focus on the bridge to stay on the bridge, and if we want to get across to the other side then that is what we focus on.

This is a good advice for life also. Setting our sight on where we want to go is much better than the alternative, and it works much better and faster. Focusing on where we don’t want to go is a waste of energy and time (see my previous blog “What do we want in our life?”). It gets us nowhere if we are lucky or it gets us all the way to where we do not want to be.

A very simple demonstration of this is when a child is learning to ride a bicycle. In the beginning it is hard to keep the balance. The child is afraid of falling and getting hurt, and is mainly focused on that. As soon as they realize that they can keep the balance and not fall they stop looking down at the bicycle and the ground. Now they start looking forward to where they are going. Soon they are going all over the place, wherever their gaze is focused, which can be scary for the grownups. Then they learn to control the gaze so that there is a correlation between their gaze and where they want to go.

This is something that we never grow out of. Where we keep our gaze is where we go. Therefore it is important to know where we are heading. It is amazing what we can accomplish as soon as we know what we want to do and we can see the end result. When our eyes wonder so does our path. So if we look to the end result and keep our focus there then we will be able to figure out ways around things that others might see as obstacles and even use them as springboards to get us faster to the end. This trip might be full of adventure and it is in the journey and the enjoyment of the journey that we live the life of abundance.

Love and peace,

ElinAnna

Tags: Direction, focus, Life of abundance, what we want

Where your role models geniuses with money or self claimed idiots with money?

There is a lot of talk about role models and the effect they have on our lives, especially as we are growing up. The media glorifies certain role models and we look at how they live their lives to find clues on how we should live ours. Kids imitate the behavior of famous sport idols, musicians and others that the media puts in their headlines, but it is not only the kids who do this we, as adults, do this too.

How does the media portray women? How do they talk about what they do? If we look at Paris Hilton for example, what do they talk about? One of the main focuses is on her spending. Everybody knows that she was born into a wealthy family and the media has made sure we know this, if we didn’t know that beforehand. What they usually do not talk about is her marketing skills. Yes, she has skills that she uses. It takes a lot to get so much media exposure. And she makes sure she has. Actually, she is a very good businesswoman, although that is not what the media portrays. She is so good that she is making more money than she will ever get from here family.

She is not the only woman whose shopping habits the media think is news worthy. But do they talk about how they earn money? How they invest? Is it not interesting to learn about the smart decisions women make? For some reason the media does not report as much about women’s investments as they do on their spending. No wonder young girls think that this is what is expected of them. To spend money is feminine. What about girls that don’t like to shop and spend money? Where do they fit into the world? Is it feminine to like investing money and make it grow? Does that fit into the worldview people have?

I happen to be one of those women that like to grow money. To me it is very feminine to grow money, to take care of money. Women take care of a lot of things in life. Why shouldn’t they take care of money? Taking care of money is one of the keys to living a life of abundance.

Love and peace,

ElinAnna

Tags: feminine, grow money, investing, life, Life of abundance, media, money, Paris Hilton, role models, shopping, spend money, women

I thoroughly believe that when the sun is shining it is going to be a wonderful day. Of course it is going to be a wonderful day. How can anything else happen? When I go back in my mind all my memories support that belief. This is what I have chosen to believe. What is my belief around money?

When the recession struck us last fall I took both smart and not at all smart decisions regarding money. I could have decided to take on an old belief that I am no good with money or I could have taken on another belief that I am good with money.

The old belief is the one that keeps me small and in fear of the world I don’t know. It is not keeping me in the light, but rather in the dark without any hope to get out. While the other belief tells me that I can take care of my money. It says who I am in essence. I either know or can find out what to do because I am good with money. Which of these two beliefs is going to serve me better in the long run? Which one will make me feel better and stronger?

I made a choice to believe I am good with money. The world is now going through a financial roller coaster. I am not responsible for that, but I am responsible for my own life, to do the best I can and enjoy life. With this choice I stand in the light and stand strong.

As I have talked about in a previous blog (Who Said That You Are No Good With Money?) many of our beliefs were handed down to us from our parents and surroundings. In general everybody wanted the best for us. They handed us their own beliefs. One can hardly expect them to do anything else. How could they hand down beliefs they didn’t have or know about? It is our own responsibility, as we become adults, to decide if these beliefs, that we were given, serve us or not. We can choose something different.

It is from our beliefs that we act and it is our choice. We will make choices based on these beliefs whether we know it or not. Therefore it is important to choose beliefs that serve us, and helps us stand in the light. With these choices we choose to live a life of abundance.

Love and peace,

ElinAnna

Tags: beliefs, darkness, decisions, in the light, Life of abundance, money, parents, stronger