Yesterday I had a new client who has meditated, been on retreat and read extensively.
There was just one little problem with her life….she doesn’t like her home, the city she has moved to, and how much she misses her friends and family. All for a J-O-B!
She moved because she wanted health benefits, a steady income, and to help pay for her child’s education. So she accepted a new job in a new place.
Beliefs were coming out of the woodwork! All about the disappointment around work, income, money, worry about making a mistake in the future, not quitting, quitting, moving back, disappointing people, growing old without a plan….or health benefits.
My mind works this fast, too. Especially when it comes to work and money.
- More money is better
- You have to work REALLY HARD if you don’t have lots of money
- You have to work for health insurance
- Jobs are hard work, traps, and impose on MY time
- My business should grow faster
- Having money means: freedom, security, adventure
I have questioned beliefs about money and business and work often in the past couple of years. Wow, these are just some of the turnarounds I have found, it’s amazing to sit with them and find real examples of how they are just as true or truer.
- I am already free, secure, and adventurous!
- My business should grow s-l-o-w-l-y
- Jobs are easy, places that offer fun and freedom
- Jobs are not impositions, they are something I get to do
- You have to “play” for health insurance
- I DON’T have to work hard if I don’t have lots of money
- Just the exact amount of money I have is just right
Eckhart Tolle has a wonderful quote “the primary cause of unhappiness is never the situation, but your thoughts about it“.
This means, if I have no job at the moment….only my thoughts create unhappiness. If I get fired or laid off, then my job is being a person who has no “job” at the moment.
If I run my own business, my job is questioning my beliefs about whatever I think is not fun about doing this activity. The possibilities are endless!
What is the worst that could happen if my situation with money and work or business never changes? It’s all in the future, all images in my mind. That are not true, and never could be.
Even the most gruesome, horrible image of a terrible future is only imagination. If something “really terrible” happens….it won’t be the way you’re seeing it in your mind, anyway.
Might as well relax and question everything stressful. The next Money & Your Business teleclass starts on Saturdays in April! Join us!
Love, Grace