Midlife is an awesome opportunity to see if what you have been producing in life is what you want to continue to experience.
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Excuses Begone!: How to Change Lifelong, Self-Defeating Thinking Habits
I Can’t Afford It
It’s a rare day when I don’t hear some variation of this excuse, including: “I didn’t go to
college because it was too expensive,” “I haven’t been able to travel because I never had the
funds,” and “I couldn’t go into the business I wanted because I had to stay where I was and earn
money to pay the bills.”
I call this belief lame and a cop out, yet there seems to be almost universal agreement for its existence.
You originated in a world of abundance, which you unquestionably have the ability to access.
Whenever you discourage yourself with thoughts that your financial situation is preventing
anything from appearing, that’s an excuse. If you instead decide to bring abundance awareness
into your consciousness, you’ll shift your thoughts from I can’t afford it to Whatever I need in the
form of assistance to guide me in the direction of my life is not only available, but is on its way.
You’ll then consciously watch for the necessary funding to show up, but you’ll also be reminding
yourself to believe that you have the ability to use abundance to elevate your life.
Encourage yourself by realizing that you have the capacity to create a space within you that’s
filled with peace and joy, an inner island of contentment that has nothing to do with money.
Practice gratitude for the essentials of life, which are yours to enjoy virtually free of charge.
These include air, water, fire, the sun, and the moon; the very ground you walk on; the continuous
beating of your heart; the inhaling and exhaling of your lungs; your food digesting; your eyes and
ears; and so on. Be utterly grateful for all that you have naturally, which is beyond the scope of
what’s “affordable.” As that endeavor strengthens, assess what you’d truly like to do, where
you’d like to live, and what creature comforts you desire.
When I made the decision to attend college after spending four years in the military, for
instance, I knew in my heart that money wasn’t going to be the thing that prevented me from
reaching my goals. I understood the costs involved, and I didn’t act on my fear of shortage or
what I couldn’t afford – I acted on my internal knowing that I indeed was going to attend the
university. This knowing prompted me to investigate financial assistance from the government as
a veteran, open a savings account designated for tuition and books, talk with the financial aid
people at the university, and make alternative plans to attend community college, if plan A were
not to materialize. I had a certainty inside of me that the “I can’t afford it” reasoning is an excuse
that many people who aren’t considered wealthy employ as a means for exonerating themselves
when they need a rationalization for why they’re stuck where they are in life.
Oscar Wilde made this wry observation in 1891: “There is only one class in the community
that thinks more about money than the rich, and that is the poor. The poor can think of nothing
else.” I’d add that such thinking includes lamenting the fact that they’ll never have money. I
advise tossing out this meme, and instead rewiring thoughts to connect with what’s intended to
manifest, regardless of your current financial status.
Whatever you feel is your dharma, and no matter how hard that calling seems to be pulling
you, if you maintain the belief that you can’t manage to pull it off, I can assure you that you’re
right. To paraphrase Henry Ford, whether you believe you can afford to do a thing or not, you’re
right.
