My parents have always encouraged me to save money for a rainy day—that every time you reach a financial milestone something always comes up to put you 10 steps back. As innocent as this mindset seems, behind it lies a subtle undertone of self-sabotage. Behind it lies the fear and expectancy of something going wrong. “It’s always something,” I’d hear my parents say. Over the last few years, I’ve become more aware of my own self-talk and the narratives of my childhood conditioning. I’ve realized that I’ve had a very limited perspective on money. As a kid, I always strived to go to college, get a degree and then a decent paying job that could afford me a comfortable life. I remember having a conversation with my dad years ago. He made a remark about how I may not make a lot of money with my altruistic endeavors. And at the time, I agreed since I was pursuing a teaching career. I didn’t care about the money as long as I could make a difference. That’s something I’ve always struggled with being such a spiritually-inclined person. I didn’t think it was okay to desire financial prosperity and be spiritual. As the saying goes “Money is the root of all evil.” I believed wealthy people abused their power or manipulated their way to the top. In my mind, they had to experience this gain immorally. Even that old saying, “Money can’t buy you happiness” presumes that most wealthy people are miserable while people with less are happier. These beliefs no longer resonate with me as my relationship with money is changing. Maybe money can’t buy happiness but it can afford the tools to cultivate it. That’s how I see money—as a tool. Not as some evil force with the power to control. As I release fearful, lack-based beliefs about money, I open up to the flow of abundance in my life. • • • #Pisces #PiscesMagic #PiscesSeason #themysticmodel #tarot #tarotreadersofig #tarotreadersofinstagram #blackgirlmagick #esoteric #occult #spiritual #writingchallenge #journalchallenge #writersofinstagram #writersofig #divinationcommunity #blackvoices #astrology #horoscope #meditate #pussymagic #lilwitch #magician #alchemy #wednesday #abundance #prosperity #humpday
