Have you ever asked yourself what you wanted from life? But not in the way that kids do when dreaming, or put differently, do you have any goals on what direction you wish to move in? In all areas? Or are perhaps your most important goal is having money and a great career. 

Can you have it all?

Our goal is not just having money, but having it all. Can you sense the difference? Or do you perhaps think that money will solve your problems and buy all the rest you crave for? You see, money only multiplies the condition the person is in. And it's true. If we can't be happy when we're not doing so well financially, money won't help either. 

It can only buy more opportunities, in which your inner condition will mirror itself. For instance, if you can't enjoy a beautiful sunset, you won't know how to enjoy it with a lot of money either, especially when you're going to have the time to admire it every evening. Or if people don't see you as a friend now, they won't see you as one when you're going to have money. You can buy being popular in the society, but you can't buy friendship - real friendship is never based on money. If it is, it's not friendship, it's a purchase. 

If you can't enjoy your drive to work today, then you won't be able to enjoy it when you're going to have piles of cash in your bank account. If you don't feel good about yourself today, it's not going to be any different with more money. Yes, having heaps of money doesn't change these things. It can give you power over others, but will that really make you feel better about yourself? 

A true story...

Perhaps you're thinking right now that this just isn't so and that everything will be different - then Perhaps it will be. Let me tell you a story about some acquaintances of mine. How money doesn't change your life. A friend of mine is one of the most well known and most successful people in town. His father and mother have owned a hotel ever since it was their primary source of income and their passion. And besides, they also built a huge home. And not to forget the family hotel at the beach.

When their sons grew up, their parents built them a business building to house the offices, and various other businesses with buildings. Years ago, when their parents had all this, the two sons decided to send them on a vacation. Their parents never went on a longer vacation because they had to work. When they asked them where they wanted to go they decided for a nice excluded resort. For 10 days. The sons organized everything and did everything humanly possible to assure their parents were going to have a great time. And they went. And they enjoyed themselves. And they came back after two days. 

That's exactly how long it took for them to come back home, because they couldn't stand being away from their work for so long. Their parents enjoyed their work this much. The fact is, the parents didn't come back because of the work or because they were worried and had to work, they came back for themselves and their own pleasure.

This is a pattern. We are the kind of human beings that within ourselves we build certain patterns on the basis of which we then act, regardless of everything else. And the more often we exercise them, the more they become embedded within us. Do you know of anyone who once said, "I'll work hard for a few years and then just enjoy myself?" To then never stop working hard? Don't allow yourself to waste your life in such a way. It's not about money, it's about your attitude to yourself. Once a certain pattern controls you, no money in this world can help.

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