Daily Share – My Struggle With Helping Others And Money!

March 21, 2013 by Anonymous TDL Reader 4 Comments

Mastin’s message recently about being spiritual and being rich was inspiring for me. I often struggle with helping others and money. I have a passion for people…loving, motivating, helping, encouraging, etc., and A LOT of times I get frustrated when I don’t have the financial resources to help in a way that I want to. So I question myself by asking:

“Is my heart in the right place?”

“Am I helping for the wrong reason?”

“Should money even be a factor?”

This causes a lot of confusion within myself. And honestly, I would like more money to enjoy some of the things I find pleasure in. But until then, I will keep servicing people in ALL the ways that doesn’t require money because that fulfills me also. Thanks for the message. It’s nice to know I’m not the only one who feels this way.

A TDL Reader

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http://beyouliveyourdream.blogspot.com/ Sarah Noel

This comment struck a chord with me today. My own blog that I just wrote this morning (before coming to TDL and seeing this post) was also about giving. When is giving enough? When to stop?

I frequently find myself wanting to do more. Give more. Be it my time or money, or usually both. But then I have that voice in my head that says, “Wait a minute, you can’t give THAT much, you have to hold on to some for yourself…. That’s enough. That’s enough giving, you have to protect yourself too.” Etc.

I’ve realized that largely why I DON’T give more is because I’m afraid. Afraid that if I give more money, my money will run out and then I won’t have enough to even pay my bills. (I’m currently living largely off savings, as my current income isn’t (yet) abundant and steady.)

If I give more time, then I’ll get burned out, resentful, and/or not have time left to make the money that I need to live on (and to give).

What to do? I don’t know. I’m working on that.

I tend to think, if I had an ABUNDANT source of income, or a HUGE amount in the bank (I’m talking millions), then all would be well. I could only work when I wanted to, b/c I don’t need the money. I could give as much time and money as I wanted and not worry about running out, or needing the time to do something else.

But IS that the answer? Maybe I need to just stop living in fear right now! They say if you give, you will receive. Maybe I should put that to the test. (In a good way, that is, in a spiritual way, not an expectant way.)

Sarah

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http://www.facebook.com/carol.shannon.39 Carol Shannon

For most of us, money is HUGE. We’ve been so conditioned to believe without it we can’t survive, so a lot of us have a big attachment to it. The attachment is the very thing that keeps it from flowing into our lives the way we want. Two very important things I’ve learned is to check my thoughts and find out where in my life I was coming from a place of lack. Even the smallest thing like keeping the thermostat in the house set at 65 because we can’t “afford” the heating cost. Saying things like “I can’t afford that.” There are many ways we come from a place of lack on a daily basis and we’re not even aware we’re doing it. If you say things like I have so many bills, I can’t afford them. The Universe will make sure to keep you in that exact spot. Turn your thoughts to finding the smallest things in your life to be grateful for and focus only on what you have, never on what you don’t have. Secondly, I heard not too long ago, the definition of abundance. I used to always think it meant having a lot of money. It doesn’t. Abundance is…The ability to do what you need to do when you need to do it. That helped me a lot. Money is just another energy concept like everything else in the Uni-Verse. We attract it to us like everything else as well. Let go of needing to have it. Sometimes it’s a self worth issue and we find it hard to believe we deserve to have lots of money and we have a mental block in that area. This too will keep it out of reach. Visualize yourself giving it away to whomever you want to help, since we don’t usually have mental blocks when it comes to being charitable. Feel how wonderful it feels to help others in your visualization. I think your heart is exactly in the right place. You’re a loving kind individual who wants to be in service to others. In my opinion, that’s why we’re all here, to love and to serve. I hope some of this has helped.

Carol♥
Dr. H.

I heard once that money is like the shavings off a good carpenters tools. Do what you love and love what you do. Chase that dharma. If it gets uncomfortable to give your time or money than don’t. Trust your feelings and try not to over think things. Sounds simple but listening to the heart always works for me. Have a great day
tedge

Use your sixth sense/intuition do what brings you joy, passion, inspiration and feels good inside. If your not doing it for those reasons your letting conditioning from your life control you.