Money, Money, Money

I guess because I grew up in a family that was faced with a lack of money on a regular basis, I learned the concept that if I shed the desire for things money would always be there when it was needed. (Robbing Peter to pay Paul was a concept I was highly familiar with). I never looked at it from a standpoint of lack until after my first divorce. As I struggled to keep the home purchased when we moved, to keep what family I had intact and I felt money was the only way. My second marriage was one of continual improvements. Both of us had this drive to move forward, there was always the money issue, coupled with the word WANT. In the above statements, you see I ran the spectrum rather than sit squarely in the middle.

The idea of any system that requires value being placed on something is really an exchange of energy (energy being time, materials, people, overhead etc.) between one person and another. In many cases, we place too high a value on things that required little energy to create, and too little a value on things that took a great deal of energy to create. The problem is determining that value, and people get caught up trying to determine the worth, instead of seeing that it took energy to bring the value. Just sitting here typing this on my laptop, it took countless people to build all the component parts, the people to run the facility, the people to run the business, then the people it took to provide the power that makes the laptop run, and the internet that provides the service for me to post these messages, then the website providers employees, finally arriving at you. Suddenly you realize all the energy that was really put into you being able to read this post, and all of it comes down to individuals who took the time to provide the energy.

The money energy exchange concept blew my mind in terms of how I saw myself in my job, how I saw myself paying my bills, how I interacted with individuals at their place of business, and how they acted with me, and how my psychological health is tied up in the concept of money.

POOR Example 1: Wendy has worked full time job for a year and a half - one she only took because she needed to pay her bills. She is not recognized for her exceptional work, and is treated poorly by internal and external customers. Her happiness factor is dropping while becoming less productive, she isn’t being paid enough to cover all her bills. She begins getting snappy with the other employees, and isolates herself from them. At home, her power has been shut off – because she didn’t have enough money to pay for the bill before the shut off date. When calling the power company, she gets bitchy because they were paid before the shut off date, but their reporting system takes a few days to post the payment. She is now required to pay an extra fee. She returns home, and is grumpy from the day knowing she must get up and do the same the next day. The power company employee Janet is pissed off because of Wendy. Janet must deal with these asses every day, they always yell at her. If they paid their bills on time they wouldn’t have these problems. Janet is jaded about her job, and every customer she talks to after Wendy is put off by her attitude. Another customer has a viable reason to call and report Janet for her poor behavior. This is Janet’s second complaint, she has one more before she is fired.

LESSON: Wendy didn’t appreciate how she earned her money, and was less appreciative of the time Janet spent earning her money. The trickle-down effect was all parties were less than happy.

MIDDLE ROAD Example 2: Wendy has a great part-time job, which allows her to explore her spirituality and share that message with others. Her supervisors recognize her efforts, and take time to tell her. They work for months to find the money to give her a raise. Wendy knows her own value, and believes that she is providing an important service within her company to the internal and external employees who all treat her reasonably well. She does not have much money, but when she goes to the store to purchase food the bagger named Sam has just smashed her jam into the bag the bread is in. Wendy begins laughing, she delivers a smile and tells him he helped her make her sandwiches then thanks him while helping him bag the rest of her groceries, cracking more jokes about being all jammed up and the like. Sam is working at the grocery store to supplement his income to help pay for his father’s funeral. After his first job, he arrived at the grocery store to find a list of stocking he had to attempt while also bagging. While stocking the shelves a box of cans fell on his wrist. He is tired and sore, but Wendy’s laughter and sincere thank you helped him make it through the rest of his shift. At the end of the week, Sam cashes his paycheck and pays on the funeral service bill with a tired smile.

LESSON: Wendy appreciated how she earned money, and appreciated the energy Sam placed in his job. The trickle-down effect was all parties are happy.

POOR Example 3: Wendy makes a lot of money at a job she likes, but is not really happy with. She is in debt owning a house and three cars. She hates to pay her bills, so she sometimes skips paying them because she doesn’t really care. One of Wendy’s cars is financed through a small business that employs Josh. Josh got into work to find that he was laid off because the finance company could not afford to pay him. Josh has three children, and his wife left him three days ago, he does not know how to make ends meet.

LESSON: Wendy sort of appreciated how she earned and spent her money, but did not appreciate how Josh earned his. The trickle-down effect was Wendy was sort of happy, and Josh lost his job.

Ask yourself how you view money:

• How do feel about how you earn money?

• If you are unhappy, what is it that you need to make you happy with how you earn the money? (Is this a question of the value you provide to others?)

• Are you expending the right amount of energy for the money you receive?

• If you are not, what is it that you need to expend the appropriate amount of energy?

• Are you viewing the energy of others with appreciation in terms of how they earn their money?

• If not, what is it that you need to recognize in terms of their energy?

We cannot change the fiat system, but we can change how we view our money. Find the value in people (including you) rather than in the money.

Last Updated June 11, 2018

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