The amount of love you receive can be compared to that of receiving money; the amount depends on how much you are willing to receive. You will allow yourself to accept only the amount of love you are comfortable receiving. Whether you lack money or love, do not blame others for what you do not accept. Practice using the concept of money to overcome mental obstacles to receiving. Follow this simple reflective writing exercise to identify your self-limiting beliefs about money:
First-Write your ten most negative thoughts about money.
Example: I do not deserve the blessings of money in my life.
Second-Convert each negative statement into a positive affirmation.
Example: I deserve the blessings of money in my life!
With guided practice, your relationship with money will transform and you will begin to act on your affirmations. Your beliefs and actions reflect the presence or absence of money in your life. In other words, the presence or absence of money is a reflection of your thoughts about money.
There is no excuse to wallow in poverty. God is opulent and wants to bless you with wealth and abundance. The term opulent is derived from the Latin root word ops meaning wealth or abundance. Ironically, ops is related to the word opus meaning work or exertion. The only place opus follows ops is in the dictionary. In life, work and exertion precede wealth and abundance. There is no getting around the fact that work is a prerequisite to wealth and abundance. You may have to change your self-limiting beliefs about work before you focus on receiving wealth.
One great myth about the Law of Attraction is the belief that you just sit around saying affirmations and money flows your way. The affirmations will help you change your beliefs about money and give yourself approval to allow money into your life. An important component of the Law of Attraction is action.
The following thoughts on money can be applied to the concept of love. All the money that anyone ever received came from other people. All the money that everyone ever spent went to other people. Money is not money unless is passes from one person to another. Likewise, all the love anyone ever received came from another person. All the love anyone ever gave was received by another person. Love is not love unless it passes from one person to another.
Now you can apply the following simple reflective writing exercise to identify your self-limiting beliefs about love:
First-Write your ten most negative thoughts about love.
Example: I do not love myself.
Second-Convert each negative statement into a positive affirmation.
Example: I love myself for no reason!
The reason money is used to guide this practice is because people have many emotional associations with money. Financial goals can be measured because money is tangible. Love, however, is more abstract and hard to measure. Practice attracting and receiving love into your life. Take action by working hard to prove to yourself that you deserve both love and money.
-An excerpt from my upcoming book Loving Intentionally.