Have you ever had the experience of really trying to be
financially successful, appearing to do everything right,
yet wealth eludes you? Perhaps you even manage to earn an
excellent income but it just seems to disappear as fast as
it comes in? Many people have these experiences and there is
both a reason for it and a solution to it.

Many people have conscious or subconscious hang-ups about
becoming rich. They have been unwittingly brainwashed by
sayings such as "money can't buy happiness" and many other
similar sayings. People debate over whether money is good or
bad. Well let's take a moment to imagine what life would be
like if money was never invented.

Before there was money people used the barter system. If one
farmer grew watermelon and another grew oranges they could
agree on an amount to swap and then each farmer could enjoy
eating both oranges and watermelon. But what if the
watermelon farmer wanted to buy a car? He would have to find
a car owner who wanted a few thousand watermelons. It's
ridiculous. The barter system only works for a very simple
economy. Without some form of money we could never have the
things we have today.

It is crazy to debate whether money is good or bad. Money is
simply a tool that allows a complex economy to function
thereby allowing you to reap the benefits. If you want to
enjoy the wonderful things that the modern world has to
offer then you need to have a good supply of money. As we
see from the barter example above, the only reason money was
invented was to make our life easier!

Becoming rich opens doors to all manner of opportunities to
help us experience the true wonders of this world in the
short time that we spend here. It enables us to improve the
quality of life for ourselves, our families and others who
can benefit from the level of generosity that is only
possible from the rich.

Money is not evil. It is simply financial energy. It is not
a sin to become wealthy. On the contrary it is a sin to
waste this life living a hand to mouth existence when you
have the opportunity to become financially free and to use
your time and energy to develop the full potential that
nature has provided to you, and then to help others do the
same.

Wealth is not the enemy, poverty is. Eighty percent of
people in the USA and most other first world countries end
up financial dependent on the government or family by the
age or 65. Enough opportunity exists for each and every
person in those countries to become rich and help reduce the
burden rather than increase it. To not become rich is the
sin. To waste your potential is the sin. You not only have
the right to become rich you have a moral duty to do so!

Money was invented to make life easier. If it is not making
your life easier then you are doing things wrong. The first
step to change is to accept that money is a valid and useful
tool and to give yourself permission to acquire it and put
it to work for you so that it multiplies.

Try this simple but powerful exercise. Take pen and paper
and write down 25 ways in which money can be a valid and
useful tool in your life. Then for each one write down why
it is perfectly reasonable and honorable for you to acquire
the money you need in order to make that use of money a
reality in your life. The final step is to read this list to
yourself each night before you go to bed and again each
morning before you start the day. Do this each day with
faith and you will be amazed at how you financial life
improves.