This post is a response to a discussion I had recently with a friend about “money”.

I grew up in a lower socio-economic state housing area and many of my beliefs about money reflect that environment and the beliefs that my parents passed on to me about that subject. Some of these beliefs to name only a few were that “having too much money was not spiritual, that money did not grow on trees, that if you had too much money you must have acquired it dishonestly and that it was more respectable and humble to work hard and just make do.” All in all it is not surprising that I was left with the idea that “money” was somehow bad and tainted by the hands of the Devil! Continue reading →

“Let us rise up and be thankful, for if we didn’t learn a lot today, at least we learned a little and if we didn’t learn a little, at least we didn’t get sick and if we got sick at least we didn’t die so let us all be thankful.”

Gautama Buddha

I find it interesting that when things are going well for me in most areas of my life I pay little attention to why that may be or at the very least express thanks for the prosperity, abundance and happiness I am experiencing. Yet on the other hand when things are not going so well guess where my focus is? That’s right – I am focussing on what is not going right and I am usually complaining about that.

How often do we express true gratitude for all the small and big things that contribute to our lives? I suggest that most of us would be struggling to even recall when we last said “thank you” for those things we take so much for granted. Taking things for granted only leads to a general lack of appreciation and eventually will lead us into negativity. Continue reading →