Invest vs Spend
Let’s first start by defining spend. - to give out the whole of; exhaust. Spending Time or Money therefore implies it is lost, of no use to you or anyone, you received no benefit from it. I started searching for another word we could say instead of spend. The word “use” came to mind - deploy something as a means of accomplishing a purpose or acheiving a result. Well that sounds better than spend for sure and it still wasnt quite what I was looking for.
Invest has one definition that lit me up - devote (one's time, effort, or energy) to a particular undertaking with the expectation of a worthwhile result. Boom! That is it! From now on we will be investing time and money with the intention and expectation of a worthwhile result! When we invest time or money the idea is for it to come back to us multiplied.
Think about in terms of money, what do you think or feel when you are paying bills or buying something from the store or online? Are you paying or buying with an energy of exhausting your resources or spending? Or are you thinking or feeling about how this will enhance or invest into your life? WOW! When we start thinking or feeling from the energy of enhancing or investing that money how it is growing you and your family it changes our perspective toward it coming back to us pressed down and overflowing.
The same thing occurs with time. What do we think or feel when we are going to work, working, eating dinner with our families, having conversation with our kids, family members, coworkers or even the person at the check out line? What kind of energy are you placing in those interactions? Do we think about how this time is investing or enhancing our lives or theirs? Most likely we are not consciously thinking about it at all. What would happen if we started intentionally focusing our thoughts and feelings on investing our time and money toward a worthwhile result. The fact is our lives will change dramatically.
How do we create this shift? We wake up everyday with an energy that gets continuously sent out into the Universe and is reflected back to us in actions and interactions we encounter throughout the day. Start your day with the energy of love and appreciation, meditate on it first thing in the morning. Invest your time and money with love and appreciation.
Money is cyclical flow. Money flows out and flows in like the waves in the ocean. Sometimes it appears to flow more out than in and everytime it changes the landscape on which it flows. I think some of us have been programmed to think negatively about money like it is the root of all evil. Money is not evil or filthy lucre unless it gained by some dishonest way. Money invested wisely will grow and give you great joy. Start feeling and thinking of money like this “All of the money I lovingly invest grows, flowing back to me multiplied in a never ending cycle of increase and enjoyment.” Appreciate that you have a job to pay those bills with love. Everytime you pay something state the following “ I love paying my bills and I have more than enough money to pay them with.” or “I love having more than enough money to pay my bills and I appreciate the steady flow of money pouring into my bank account every month.” or “ I love having extra money for vacation, buying clothes and all the luxuries of life. I appreciate this overflowing of money now.”
Time is maliable. Think about it, sometimes it seems that time drags like during that weekly conference call or when you are doing something you don’t really want to do. Sometimes time appears to fly by, epecially when you have a Monday through Friday job and the weekend flies by. You can slow down or speed up time with your thoughts and feelings about the action your are taking in that moment. I have a job that I drive an hour and thrity minutes to one way. I appreciate that drive time because I focus my thoughts and feelings on how I see and feel my life to be in my imagination. I am imagining my interactions being as if how I desire them to be. I am seeing and feeling the shift that time is creating in my life. I have a better appreciation for my wife, my kids, my family, the job I go to daily, the team I work with daily, and the clients I work with weekly. Appreciate those challenging situations everyday because they grow you and assist in your expansion. State “I love and appreciate the time I invest with my wife, children, and family. I learn from them and they learn from me. We are growing in love and expanding together” or “I appreciate that person at work that challenges me daily, I see them in me and learn with love, growing from this experience.” or “I appreciate that driver cutting me off on the highway. I love that because of this I am now more aware of my surroundings.”
Practice, Practice, Practice, and Practice some more until it becomes your reality. You will see the windows of of your mind open up and pour out a blessing so large you can hardly contain it!
Namaste
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