Friday, May 8, 2009

Millionaires

I attended the Millionaire Mind Intensive with my daughter and one of her friends. It was interesting. Very emotional experience. It was definitely intensive. The seminar was based off the book The Millionaire Mind by T. Harv Eker. He believes that your financial state is determined by how you think about recieving and the habits you form around money. His goal is to inspire people to become millionaires via changing their mindset by taking his seminars.
I realized after taking this seminar that I do not want to be a millionaire. Here's a good story that illustrates where I'm at. I have a friend who does want to be a millionaire and isn't, and finally came to peace with that fact. We were having bread pudding at Lucille's and she said, "Even if I had a million dollars, I would still come here to this place for this bread pudding. I wouldn't fly anywhere else for it, because it's the best bread pudding I've ever had." She saw where she was abundant in the moment.
Mr. Eker asked us to visualize how our lives would be different should we be millionaires. I wouldn't change anything in my life. I live near people I love and I am doing what I love. I went to the Desert Botanical Museum to see the Dale Chihuley show, and it was so magical! My daughter and I went with one of my friends who is a volunteer there and she knew all the hidden, special places there and which one of the volunteers could recite his own poetry. He told us one of his poems. And it was free, because she comped us in.
I think life is pretty incredible. And money? Money is just a tool. I suppose the more of it you have, the bigger the house you could build from that. But in the end, I think the Universe gives you what you need when you need it. For example, I almost always get everything I ask for and it has never mattered what it was I wanted. If I don't get it, there's always a pretty damn good reason why it doesn't show up - which I always find out. And then I'm just grateful that it didn't come my way.
I know hospice workers and when somebody dies, money is never the thing they talk about before they die. It's always about love and being there for each other.

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