The Thing That Kept Me From Being Rich

It’s the cross stitch pictured above.

“A wife can throw out more with a teaspoon than a husband can bring home with a wheelbarrow.”

It’s true.

That’s what makes it so insidious.

But just because it’s true doesn’t mean it’s the slogan I should use to lead my life.

Just because my parents believed it doesn’t mean I have to.

There is scarcity.
Lock down tight on any spending.
There is danger of it all getting away from you without you even knowing it.

That’s the writing on the wall in my parent’s house.
Literally.

Those are the messages that underlay everything my parents taught me.

It seemed so smart and safe.

But now that I see it’s based on fear I can decide that its not serving me.

I can choose to change my belief.

I can believe that scarcity attracts scarcity and abundance attracts abundance.

Because I do believe that.

Now that I see what I believe I am free to change it.

And little changes create big shifts.