12-17-2009, 03:39 PM
(12-17-2009, 02:56 PM)Bring4th_Monica Wrote:(12-17-2009, 02:18 PM)fairyfarmgirl Wrote: awhile back we almost wound up in a homeless shelter...
Wow, fairyfarmgirl and Peregrinus...both of you are an inspiration! I feel almost silly for our 'rough' year...it was nowhere near as severe as what you described! And yet, both of you are incredibly wealthy! Despite having financial struggles, it's obvious that your family lives are rich, rich, RICH!!
That has been a key for my husband and me. We're just now beginning to get on our feet after a lot of financial distress, but we realized that, in our personal relationships, we are RICH! We know some people who are financially wealthy but very poor because they have no family, no loved ones to share their financial wealth with. We consider ourselves much richer than they are. Not trying to compare ourselves with them, but it did help us put things in perspective when we realized that we are RICH in the things that really matter to us.
Interestingly, it is this very attitude/mindset of thinking of ourselves as being RICH that is helping us, rippling out into financial matters as well. The more we give thanks for our blessings - children, health, love in our lives, etc. - the more we feel rich. And it is that very mindset that might attract financial wellbeing as well. But whether it does or not, that's ok, because we're still rich!
It has also helped to let go of attachment to things we've lost. We lost a lot of $$ but what does that matter? If the UniVerse really is abundant and infinite, it can be easily replaced...when the time is right.
We wound up putting all that would not fit into the car on freecycle.org as we had no way to move it anywhere--- and many people benefited from our fall and got stuff and took it to their home... and then in the 11th hour we managed to work something out with the Landlord and still had a home.
We have not bothered to replace any of the stuff as having a lighter load (not that we ever had that much stuff to begin with) will make it easier to move when we are able to do so.
Intention and Prayer are the backbone of our Faith in ourselves and the inherent Goodness of the majority of Humanity... We are all interconnected... parts of the same fabric of life.
fairyfarmgirl